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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 “applications”
Where the money went
Community Foundation of Northern IlRockford, ILCharity · may take applications
461 matching grants · $16.0M · through 2024Largest: $998,872 to Community Grants Annual Grant Pass-Thru — for purposes as specified in a grant application, fund agreement or gift instrument.
Rite Aid Healthy FuturesEtters, PACharity · may take applications
381 matching grants · $10.6M · through 2024Largest: $500,000 to GIRLS ON THE RUN INTERNATIONAL — empowering children application
Largest: $90,000 to BOTSWANA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY — research and graduate studies in mathematics and its applications
Northern Forest CenterConcord, NHCharity · may take applications
160 matching grants · $4.7M · through 2024Largest: $326,825 to TMBR Platform LLC — forest economy applications
Largest: $21,500 to Suzerian Capital Defense — unrestricted for donees discretionary application
Largest: $750,000 to CLEVELAND CLINIC - GENOMIC MEDICINE INSTITUTE — $350,000 first and second installments of grant for application to the monell fellowship; $400,000 first and second installments of grant for application to the pten molecular swit…
Largest: $20,000 to Careth Noll — panera dream scholarship donated various scholarships to eligible applicants to be used for tuition, room and board, books, or fees.
Largest: $32,500 to Global Greengrants Fund — as per grant application
Adirondack FoundationLake Placid, NYCharity · may take applications
88 matching grants · $1.2M · through 2024Largest: $12,000 to ST AGNES SCHOOL — for the "scholarships for deserving primary students and spark after-school program" application
Largest: $10,000 to TEACHERS COLLEGE COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY — conference scholarship application - healthy food, healthy lives
Largest: $2.2M to ACTIVATE GLOBAL INC — in support of fellowships for scientist-entrepreneurs to transform their discoveries into applications that will benefit society.
Largest: $228,027 to NEVADA U OF RENO — 80095 interdisciplinary research leaders transfer application - cohort 5
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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 →