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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.
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Where the money went
Masonic Home of MissouriColumbia, MOCharity · may take applications
55 matching grants · $1.0M · through 2024Largest: $45,000 to COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NW MISSOURI — assisted approx 400 children by providing funds for sport complex improvements.
Largest: $25,175 to APPROX 500 INDIGENT FAMILIES — food assistance
American ForestsWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $337,425 · through 2024Largest: $251,589 to GE Forestrv Inc — king fire & caldor fire planting services of approx 587,000 seedlings eldorado national forest
Largest: $20,000 to CONTRIBUTIONS TO APPROX — community, medical & education
Largest: $22,675 to APPROX 47 DONATIONS AVERAGING 482 (DETAILED LIST AVAILABLE) — to provide various charitable organizations with funding to fight hunger, promote education, further medical research, etc.
Largest: $73,353 to HAND-IN-HAND CAMBODIA — to create sustainable access point (raps) for primary vision care in underserved areas (with 1 rap taking care of approx 5000 people in the catchment area)
Foundation for Orange County PublicOrlando, FLCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $75,234 · through 2022Largest: $51,776 to ORANGE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS (CARRER & TECH ED INTERN PROG) — to provide internships at for-profit and non-profit organizations for approx. 100 high school students
Largest: $20,000 to LAW N' PAWS ANIMAL RESCUE — heartworm disease prevention for approx. 60 rescues and other operational expenses
Largest: $11,650 to ASSOCIACAO ESTRELA AZUL — to provide training to women in the art of sewing as well as manufacture of products and accessories for interior decoration based on the reuse of fabrics. the project wants to enc…
Illinois Clean Energy Community FoundationChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $448,000 · through 2022Largest: $448,000 to Nature Conservancy — acquisition of the bettner tract (approx. 80 acres) atnachusagrasslands
RippleworksSan Francisco, CA
1 matching grant · $833,335 · through 2021Largest: $833,335 to BRAC USA — to accelerate brac's work to enable government adoption and scale of the graduation approach, lifting 4.6m households (approx. 21m people) out of ultra poverty and pulling millions…
Largest: $12,000 to BERKSHIRE COUNTY ARC — evening program started in the month of february 2023. it offers an unmet need for young adults who live with their families. the evening program provides support for families who …
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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 →