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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 “already”
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Columbia Economic Development CorpHudson, NYCharity · may take applications
19 matching grants · $718,627 · through 2024Largest: $200,000 to FLANDERS CORPORATION — the loan program offers loans to local businesses often at a discounted interest rate, to attract business to the county as well as expand business growth from existing businesses …
Maine Technology InstitutePortland, MECharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $1.2M · through 2023Largest: $1.0M to KinoTek LLC — kinotek is a b2b saas platform that uses ai-driven technology deliver fast, objective human movement metrics. it is a disruptor in the $420 billion musculoskeletal health market wh…
Largest: $50,000 to Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Cent — at sylvester comprehensive cancer center, our endeavors in developing and researching new cancer therapies are more promising than ever. advancements in precision oncology, immunot…
Largest: $30,000 to FRIENDS IN DEED — provide supportive and homeless prevention services, outreach to the already homeless; operate food pantry.
Largest: $5,000 to SOUTHERN OREGON HUMANE SOCIETY — to rescue animals from shelters where they have already been marked for death
Largest: $50,000 to PARTNERS IN HEALTH NETWORK INC — continue the catch my breath (cmb) evidence-based vaping prevention program across the pallottine foundation of huntington's west virginia region (boone, cabell, kanawha, lincoln, …
Largest: $250,000 to THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA — center for the study of latino health and culture: to support a leadership development program for latinx physician leaders by intentionally investing to optimize the leadership ab…
Community Foundation of the LowcountryHilton Head Island, SCCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $68,642 · through 2022Largest: $24,648 to OSPREY VILLAGE INC — to reimburse osprey village for expenses related to our housing development project that we have already paid for, including property taxes
Nashville Predators FoundationNashville, TNCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $35,382 · through 2022Largest: $10,000 to BOOK'EM — the book mobile is a bus that expands book'em's reach to distribute free books (for ownership) to low-income youth in areas of davidson county we dont already serve or have challen…
Catherine C ReileyMarco Island, FL
4 matching grants · $7,500 · through 2025Largest: $2,500 to FOR THE LOVE OF CATS — to help non-profit organiation to rescue the kittens found on the island and tnr the adults. trap-neuter-return (tnr) is a full management plan in which stray and feral cats alread…
Largest: $687,156 to CITIZENS ENERGY CORPORATION — to publicize and enroll low-income households in the joe-4-sun community solar program, which provides steeply discounted electricity bill credits to income-qualified households al…
Ptrd FoundationMattapoisett, MA
2 matching grants · $20,000 · through 2025Largest: $10,000 to MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY — the foundation gave a grant in the amount of $10,000 to the mit superurop program (an advanced undergraduate research opportunities program). this program is a two-semester supervi…
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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 →