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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 “ancient”
Where the money went
Largest: $20,000 to DAVID DANZIG — danzig, david (new york u.) "opening the ancient world - representations of the past in ancient & modern times"
Largest: $5,000 to AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM INC — us arm of british museum promoting the study of art, ancient egyptian & sudan
John Templeton FoundationWest Conshohocken, PA
4 matching grants · $6.9M · through 2024Largest: $4.3M to PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE — the ancient dna atlas of humanity
Largest: $236,295 to COMMONSENSE CHILDBIRTH — 81135 supporting ancient song doula services in establishing a birth justice fellowship, empowering grassroots initiatives to develop birth justice hubs
Largest: $586,055 to LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART — maya mobile & ancient world mobile & general operations
1638 Fund Charitable TrustBrookline, MACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $185,000 · through 2025Largest: $65,000 to Ancient & Honorable Artillery Company — preserve the mission and museum of the ancient & honorable company
Museum of the BibleOklahoma City, OKCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $725,000 · through 2025Largest: $200,000 to The Center for the Study of Ancient Judaism and Christian Origins — el araj excavation project
Largest: $50,000 to COASTAL ROOTS FARM — sustainable agriculture, food justice, ancient jewish wisdom
Bluelight Heals CorporationCheyenne, WYCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $629,244 · through 2025Largest: $100,000 to TARA MANDALA — support the initiation and development of a shedra program for the higher-study of tibetan buddhism at tara mandala, including bringing khenmo tsering lamo, a teacher and scholar f…
Largest: $65,000 to ANCIENT EGYPT RESEARCH ASSSOCIATES INC — general & unrestricted
National Geographic SocietyWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $215,000 · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to Ancient Art Archive — research grant
Largest: $31,511 to THE GRAND LODGE OF ANCIENT FREE — for benefit of masonic home
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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 →