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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 “assistnace”
Where the money went
AgeoptionsOak Park, ILCharity · may take applications
12 matching grants · $5.8M · through 2024Largest: $583,693 to COUNCIL FOR JEWISH ELDERLY — nutrition services and census assistnace for the elderly
Largest: $40,000 to SAMARITAN'S PURSE — social assistnace
Red River Valley Council for the Aid ofUniversity Park, TX
3 matching grants · $61,560 · through 2024Largest: $20,520 to PARIS JUNIOR COLLEGE — to provide assistnace part-time employment of clients of the mental health mental retardation agency.
The Players AllianceFort Lee, NJCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $130,000 · through 2023Largest: $100,000 to NEGRO LEAGUES BASEBALL MUSEUM — financial assistnace for operations
Largest: $15,000 to INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEW ENGLAND — provides assistnace to help naturalize new england's refugees and immgrants
Largest: $10,001 to ALEJANDRO LOZANO CAMBIA — to provide financial assistnace for therapy items, sensory activities and school utensils used in treatment for autistic children in monterrey mexico
Universal Orlando FoundationOrlando, FLCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $135,000 · through 2022Largest: $135,000 to COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA — crisis assistnace to prevent homelessness, early childhood development center
Anywhere GivesMadison, NJCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $20,000 · through 2024Largest: $20,000 to PGA of America REACH Foundation — general assistnace
Rotary Foundation of IndianapolisIndianapolis, INCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $25,000 · through 2022Largest: $25,000 to DOVE RECOVERY HOUSE FOR WOMEN — dove house offers comprehensive and trauma-informed substance abuse treatment services and hosing to women at no costs. the assistnace enables dove house to obtain a large vehicle …
Largest: $5,000 to SNOWCAP COMMUNITY CHARITIES — general assistnace
Largest: $1,875 to Matthew Taylor — medical assistnace
Largest: $1,000 to KATE KREIZINGER — assistnace with cancer
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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 →