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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 “archivist”
Where the money went
Largest: $750,000 to NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY — to support efforts across the humanities, libraries, and local community organizations in boston to create a digital and analog local history platform for citizen-archivists
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $2.7M · through 2022Largest: $2.6M to Syracuse University — support for the lerner center for public health promotion and population health, support for the newhouse school board boost the ?cuse challenge, support for kathy ?73 and stan ?72…
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
3 matching grants · $375,000 · through 2024Largest: $125,000 to Jacqueline Stewart — macarthur foundation fellow award - film scholar, archivist, and curator
Largest: $176,000 to Deutsche Kinemathek — launch the junior archivist program
Graham Community FoundationGraham, TXCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $180,890 · through 2025Largest: $68,890 to Old Post Office Museum and Ar — archivist project & new curb
Rapaport Family Charitable TrustMassapequa Park, NY
3 matching grants · $333,650 · through 2024Largest: $141,500 to AMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM — trustee fund & archivist
Largest: $50,000 to MENIL FOUNDATION INC - THE MENIL COLLECTION — support the important work of the artist documentation program archivist in 2024
Largest: $50,000 to Old Post Office Museum Art Center — provided funds for the archivist project.
Largest: $25,000 to WILLIAM BREMEN JEWISH HERITAGE MUSEUM — assistant archivist salary fund
Largest: $25,000 to WORLD ARTS FOUNDATION INC — establish a part-time archivist and community engagement position to document and preserve examples of the arts, culture, and music of albina's historic black community in portland
Largest: $250,000 to DUKE UNIVERSITY — duke family archivist project
Largest: $339,000 to Houston Academy of Medicine - Texas Medical Center Library — archivist and preservation program support
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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 →