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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 “asset”
Where the money went
The Houston Fund for Social JusticeHouston, TXCharity · may take applications
252 matching grants · $7.8M · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to WEST STREET RECOVERY — toward approved tangible assets described in open for business grant agreement
Florida Sheriffs AssociationTallahassee, FLCharity · may take applications
30 matching grants · $2.0M · through 2023Largest: $309,460 to COLUMBIA COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE — bullet proof vest grant, shared asset program grant, training scholarship
Largest: $325,000 to NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR LATINO COMMUNITY ASSET BUILDERS — 80184 general operating support for the national association for latino community asset builders
Largest: $320,000 to Asset Funders Network — asset funders operating support
Rotary Charities of Traverse CityTraverse City, MICharity · may take applications
28 matching grants · $1.3M · through 2023Largest: $127,537 to UNITED WAY OF NORTHWEST MICHIGAN — assets for thriving communities , systems change accelerator & learning fund
The Chief FoundationGrand Island, NE
27 matching grants · $497,499 · through 2025Largest: $60,000 to GRAND ISLAND CHILDREN'S MUSEUM — capital asset support for community
Retail Advancement FundRichmond, VACharity · may take applications
27 matching grants · $348,843 · through 2024Largest: $24,981 to SPOTTY DOG ICE CREAM — to purchase assets
Largest: $1.0M to UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FL ATHLETICS — for assets re non profit purpose
Largest: $50,000 to NEW YORK UNIVERSITY — to continue to support research to identify the percentage of major university endowments that are managed by diversely owned asset managers.
Largest: $210,000 to ASSET FUNDERS NETWORK — 2024-2025 support for asset funders network
Largest: $177,000 to Asset Funders Network — support for virtual roundtable series on philanthropic strategies to support youth and young adult financial well-being, and opportunity youth
Largest: $150,000 to ASSET INC — to support the asset-carlow university collaboration as it creates a model for a learning community which fosters preservice educator development, a diverse educator workforce pipe…
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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 →