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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 “articles”
Where the money went
Largest: $100,000 to ASSOCIACAO NACIONAL DE POS-GRADUACAO E PESQUISA EM CIENCIAS SOCIAIS — to produce academic research, article, seminars, and communication pieces related to the challenges of the brazilian social science areas, and to improve the diversity of researche…
Largest: $275,000 to NRA Civil Rights Legal Defense Fund — per trust article 7(b) 1-3
Largest: $405,199 to STICHTING ARTICLE 19 — to provide general support
Online Journalism Project IncorporatedNew Haven, CTCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $1.4M · through 2025Largest: $400,000 to Jersey City Times — to support the writing and editing and publication of articles in the jersey city times.
Largest: $1.2M to STICHTING ARTICLE 19 — to provide general support
Largest: $5,000 to Emilie Connolly — early scholar article prize
Largest: $300,000 to NONPROFIT INFORMATION NETWORKING ASSOCIA — 79894 launching the nonprofit quarterly platform's health justice desk to produce articles and learning events on the topic of health justice
Largest: $600,000 to ARTICLE 19 — operations and support for the special rapporteur on freedom of expression
Ventura County Community FoundationCamarillo, CACharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $189,871 · through 2023Largest: $155,952 to MUSEUM OF VENTURA COUNTY — to support the charitable or educational purposes of vcmha as defined in their articles of incorporation
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
4 matching grants · $600,000 · through 2024Largest: $150,000 to Article 19 Inc — in support of the work of team digital
Sior FoundationWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $299,071 · through 2024Largest: $118,000 to SOCIETY OF INDUSTRIAL AND OFFICE REALTORS — to support informative articles on timely, relevant topics in commercial real estate industry on current industry and economic trends. to support commercial real estate educational…
Largest: $793,543 to ARTICLE 1 — in support of creating economic mobility and career pathways
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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 →