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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 “assurance”
Where the money went
Largest: $50,000 to UA FOUNDATION - AZ ASSURANCE — arizona assurance scholarship (2022 4 of 5)
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
6 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2024Largest: $407,000 to HEALTH FEDERATION OF PHILADELPHIA — expand access to high quality home-based child care by supporting production of publications designed to meet their needs and change the narrative about roles in fostering both the…
Largest: $1.5M to AQUAYA INSTITUTE — water quality assurance fund expansion in ghana
Graceland College Center for Prof Dev &Mission, KSCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $6.3M · through 2024Largest: $4.0M to GRACELAND UNIVERSITY — grants made to graceland university, lamoni, iowa, a fully accredited 501(c)(3) educational institution. funds are used to further the educational mission of the university. relati…
California Healthcare FoundationOakland, CACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $743,603 · through 2024Largest: $93,778 to NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE — planning grant: exploring implementation support to medi-cal managed care plans re: depression hedis e-measures (general adult & maternity-specific); national committee for quality…
Largest: $225,000 to NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE — research and education on early childhood education
Largest: $125,000 to KENAN-FLAGLER BUSINESS SCHOOL FOUNDATION — barnhill assured admit scholars at unc kenan-flagler
Largest: $25,859 to National Committee for Quality Assurance — data collection, use, and reporting for health equity
Largest: $230,000 to State Higher Education Executive Officers — to support new and ongoing bodies of work, convenings, technical assistance, quality assurance, and state attainment goal setting.
The Scripps Research InstituteLa Jolla, CACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $483,861 · through 2023Largest: $252,530 to BLOOD ASSURANCE INC — grants for scientific research
Largest: $30,729 to ASSURANT CARES EMPLOYEE SUPPORT FUND INC — financial assistance
Largest: $202,500 to INITIATIVE FOR RESPONSIBLE MINING ASSURANCE — to promote a global standard for environmental and social responsibility at the top of the supply chain of mined materials, to protect the people and environment directly affected …
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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 →

