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Private foundations don’t post open calls, so nobody can search them. We read IRS filings instead — 9.6 million grants from 174,053 foundations and grantmaking charities, searchable by what the money was actually for.
12 funders with a record of paying for “afterschool”
Where the money went
Largest: $175,000 to Indiana Afterschool Network Inc — to support a statewide afterschool network to ensure the availability and expansion of school-linked quality afterschool and summer learning opportunities that meet the needs of un…
Collective for YouthOmaha, NECharity · may take applications
76 matching grants · $17.0M · through 2024Largest: $2.1M to Completely Kids — afterschool programming
Largest: $60,000 to YOUTHPLACES — to support a network of neighborhood-based afterschool programs for historically underserved teens in the pittsburgh region
Largest: $200,000 to MICHIGAN AFTERSCHOOL PARTNERSHIP — to support effective distribution, administration, and evaluation of american rescue plan funding designated for afterschool.
Largest: $303,650 to PEAK ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL — grant to support afterschool probram.
Largest: $100,000 to Afterschool Alliance — funding will support afterschool alliance partnership in the development, meaning-making, and dissemination of an updated ost cost study.
Largest: $65,000 to QUEENS LIBRARY FOUNDATION — qpl summer reading and stacks afterschool
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
29 matching grants · $658,340 · through 2022Largest: $11,600 to Lotus Lifting Ourselves Through Us — support for new afterschool program module on drones: p&i contribution, general operating support for afterschool program
Largest: $177,371 to YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER KANSAS CITY — support for delivering trauma-informed before and afterschool programming to at least 1175 youth across the entire greater kansas city metropolitan area. 202111-11575
Largest: $20,000 to HIGHER ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM — to support the afterschool academy, an afterschool and mentoring program for low-income baltimore city 5th-8th graders that will prepare students for top high school placement and …
Largest: $25,000 to AFTERSCHOOL ALLIANCE — pilot project that focuses on after school code clubs, the broadcom coding with commitment initiative to launch collective for youth empowerment in stem and society (cyess), which …
Largest: $20,000 to THE STUDY HALL INC — the study hall afterschool and summe
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →