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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 “amal”
Where the money went
Largest: $14,137 to AMAL DIABOR — educational scholarship
Largest: $43,700 to Augsburg College — scholarships for abdulahi ahmed (2,500), aliya mohamed (2,500), amal yusuf (4,000), bao vang (500), eric lee (5,000), fathiya musse (5,000), hikmo abdi (1,700), jee vue (7,500), ka…
Largest: $950,000 to CHAPEL & YORK US FOUNDATION INC — to support a nationwide tour of little amal, an 11-foot-tall puppet modeled on a 10-year-old syrian refugee girl to spark social and cultural conversations about marginalized commu…
Largest: $15,000 to CUMMINGS AMAL — fellowship stipend
Threshold FoundationBrewster, NYCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $103,000 · through 2023Largest: $38,000 to FRIENDS OF AMAL TIKVA — general support amal tikva
Largest: $60,000 to FRIENDS OF AMAL-TIKVA INC — general charitable purposes
Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater BostonBoston, MACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $57,143 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to Friends of Amal United States — daf - social services
Largest: $50,000 to AMAL FOUNDATION — to provide funding for amal foundation for participation in the learning lab and to take advantage of the capacity strengthening support
Largest: $2,500 to PEACE DEVELOPMENT FUND — friends of taghyeer movement - amal-tikva giving campaign
Largest: $5,000 to AL AMAL SCHOOL — general & unrestricted
Largest: $100,000 to GRAIN MEDIA LIMITED — for the production of the walk, a documentary film which explores contemporary global sentiments towards refugees and immigration through the lens of a young syrian refugee and a g…
OnerefugeeSalt Lake City, UT
3 matching grants · $7,210 · through 2024Largest: $3,511 to Amal Ramic CO University of Utah — to help with education for refugees from other countries.
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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 →

