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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 “assistantship”
Where the money went
National Strength and Conditioning AssocColorado Springs, COCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $196,000 · through 2024Largest: $64,000 to NATIONAL STRENGTH & CONDITIONING ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION — support student assistantships and directed research
Largest: $400,000 to STANFORD UNIVERSITY — school of humanities and sciences fellowships & assistantships for graduate students specializing in the field of buddhism
Largest: $872,500 to UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING — watershed graduate assistantship
The Halle FoundationAtlanta, GACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $218,435 · through 2024Largest: $154,594 to GEORGIA TECH FOUNDATION INC — to provide support for lbat scholarship, claus halle gateway fellowship, and claus halle graduate assistantship programs.
Dri Research FoundationReno, NVCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $123,000 · through 2024Largest: $63,000 to DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE BOARD OF REGENTS NV SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION — el cord foundation diversity research assistantship
Largest: $30,000 to Idaho State University — scholarship support for taylor ranch undergrad research scholar program ($5,000)scholarship support for taylor ranch graduate assistantship program ($25,000)
Largest: $66,000 to University of Minnesota Foundation — mcknight/university of minnesota evaluation studies graduate assistantship
The Rhode Island Community FoundationProvidence, RICharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $90,000 · through 2022Largest: $90,000 to BROWN UNIVERSITY — health equity scholars program research assistantships
Largest: $1.3M to UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION — environment - graduate assistantships, pipes program and invasive species prevention
Largest: $100,000 to ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY RIT CARY GRAPHIC ARTS COLLECTION — project archivist for cataloging the stephen o. saxe collection & establishment of a dedicated graduate assistantship
Largest: $10,000 to UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION — to support undergraduate and recent graduate research assistantships at the hawai'i institute of marine biology for one or more students from underrepresented backgrounds
Unite America InstituteDenver, COCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $25,000 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING — to support the ma politics assistantship
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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 →