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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 “ally”
Where the money went
Lettie Pate Whitehead FoundationAtlanta, GACharity · may take applications
39 matching grants · $19.6M · through 2024Largest: $2.9M to Emory University — for general, nursing, allied health and public health scholarships.
Largest: $250,000 to ALLIED MEDIA PROJECTS INC — core support for the critical minded initiative to engage in research and grantmaking to increase resources for, and representation of, critics of color in cultural discourse in th…
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
52 matching grants · $18.1M · through 2024Largest: $18,000 to Allied Media Projects Inc — in support of a track at the 2022 allied media conference focused on the harms of carceral technologies and efforts to end their use
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
20 matching grants · $8.6M · through 2023Largest: $216,000 to College of the Atlantic — broad reach campaign support. support for allied whale research and catalog. support of the allied whale research and catalog, annual fund, general operating support. support for a…
Largest: $25,000 to Digi-Bridge — #steam powered scholars & families at bruns avenue elementary with ally financial
Largest: $100,000 to ALLIES IN CARING — 80779 general operating support for allies in caring
Largest: $100,000 to THE NEW SCHOOL — institute on race, power and political economy - california health: to support health and racial equity research and public engagement efforts in collaboration with community-based…
Largest: $50,000 to ALLIED MEDIA PROJECTS INC — detroit area youth uniting michigan (dayum)fiscal sponsor: allied media projects
Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy FundNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
18 matching grants · $10.6M · through 2024Largest: $8.4M to ALLIED CLIMATE PARTNERS INC — environment & animal protection
Allied Media ProjectsDetroit, MICharity · may take applications
17 matching grants · $969,166 · through 2024Largest: $579,916 to ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION — critical minded, a fiscally sponsored project of allied media projects, has awarded momus a renewal grant of $50,000 for momus's residency and fellowship programming
Largest: $1.4M to NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIES INC — reserve contribution and operating support
Tides FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
14 matching grants · $1.7M · through 2024Largest: $75,000 to ALLIES FOR ALLIES — healthy individuals and communities
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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 →