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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.

2 funders with a record of paying for “assmts”

Where the money went

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Lilly Endowment Inc → Diversity in Leadership Inc: $300K across 1 grant, latest 2024Knowledgeworks Foundation → Aurora Institute: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2022Knowledgeworks Foundation → Big Picture Learning: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2022Knowledgeworks Foundation → Envision Education Inc: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2022Knowledgeworks Foundation → Learner-Centered Collaborative: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2022Knowledgeworks Foundation → The Natl Center for the Improvement of Educ Assmt: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2022Knowledgeworks Foundation → Transcend Inc: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2022Knowledgeworks Foundation → Mastery Transcript Consortium: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2022Knowledgeworks Foundation → Great Schools Partnership Inc: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2022Lilly Endowment Inc: $300K on this topic. Open the funder.Lilly Endowment Inc$300KKnowledgeworks Foundation: $120K on this topic. Open the funder.Knowledgeworks Foundation$120KDiversity in Leadership Inc: received $300K on this topicDiversity in Leadership Inc$300KAurora Institute: received $15K on this topicAurora Institute$15KBig Picture Learning: received $15K on this topicBig Picture Learning$15KEnvision Education Inc: received $15K on this topicEnvision Education Inc$15KLearner-Centered Collaborative: received $15K on this topicLearner-Centered Collaborative$15KThe Natl Center for the Improvement of Educ Assmt: received $15K on this topicThe Natl Center for the Improve…$15KTranscend Inc: received $15K on this topicTranscend Inc$15KMastery Transcript Consortium: received $15K on this topicMastery Transcript Consortium$15KGreat Schools Partnership Inc: received $15K on this topicGreat Schools Partnership Inc$15K
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 20192025. 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 →