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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.
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The Whas Crusade for ChildrenLouisville, KYCharity · may take applications
37 matching grants · $1.3M · through 2023Largest: $15,000 to FEAT OF LOUISVILLE INC — $15,000.00 for items 1 and 5- swim scholarships and camp scholarships. no funding allowed for items 2, 3, 4, and 6 - staffing, transportation, swim behaviorist, and camp supplies.
Maine Technology InstitutePortland, MECharity · may take applications
28 matching grants · $1.7M · through 2023Largest: $135,714 to Ocean's Balance — we operate an innovative seaweed dehydrator for use in processing harvested seaweed by both our own company and by other seaweed farms. ours is an in-demand, differentiated solutio…
Largest: $109,500 to SAINT FRANCIS YOUTH CENTER — to allow organizationto further itscharitable mission
Largest: $2.4M to INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION INC — to allow the grantee to create and manage a travel and learning fund for latin american individuals and organizations to participate in convenings, exchanges, education, global lea…
Largest: $18,000 to WNC HEALTH NETWORK — this grant will allow wnc health network to perform a study that will help them apply their key learnings and collaborative approach to other priority health issues in our region, …
Largest: $14,518 to CONGREGATION SONS OF ISRAEL — contributions are given to charitable organizations to allow them to pursue their charitable purpose.
Largest: $1.0M to BREAKING GROUND HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORATION — to support the creation of an internal fund that will allow this organization to develop more affordable housing.
Largest: $14,566 to LINDSEY BARKER — to provide scholarships to our youth to allow them to continue their education.
Largest: $10,000 to NORA CRONIN PRESENTATON ACADEMY — nora cronin presentation academy serves girls living in poverty in the city of newburgh. the primary improvement made with the most recent wsf grant was to implement the hiring of …
Largest: $125,000 to Colorado State University — to support the expansion of the colorado water center's fellowship program across five universities within colorado, allowing for greater partnership with non-profit organizations,…
Largest: $802,165 to AH DATALYTICS — to build and develop the real-time crime index ("rtci"), an infrastructure for regularly collecting data from hundreds of law enforcement agencies and creating a publicly accessibl…
William F Vilas Trust EstateOregon, WICharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $32.4M · through 2024Largest: $10.7M to UW-MADISON — scholarships, fellowships and professor salaries and allowances.
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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 →