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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 “asylum”
Where the money went
Largest: $94,250 to UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH — to provide legal services for asylum seekers, most urgently for afghan asylum seekers in western pennsylvania
Largest: $225,000 to CENTER FOR MIGRATION STUDIES — provide funding to study the integration of asylum seekers into the nyc workforce
United Way of New York CityNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
21 matching grants · $711,298 · through 2024Largest: $30,000 to GEMTRAINERS LLC — welcomenyc initiative was launched by the new york city council to address the urgent needs of newly arrived immigrants, especially asylum seekers, and to strengthen support for bo…
Maine InitiativesincPortland, MECharity · may take applications
18 matching grants · $626,800 · through 2023Largest: $124,500 to PRESENTE MAINE — asylum seeker suppor
The Bronx Community FoundationBronx, NYCharity · may take applications
16 matching grants · $480,000 · through 2024Largest: $20,000 to MERCY CENTER — to support immigration and asylum seeker program for legal services to asylum seekers.
Champlain Valley Office of EconomicBurlington, VTCharity · may take applications
12 matching grants · $352,962 · through 2024Largest: $51,972 to CHITTENDEN ASYLUM SEEKERS ASSISTANCE NETWORK — asylum seekers assistance network
Largest: $200,000 to NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP FOR NEW AMERICANS — for support of the we are all america campaign to promote fair treatment of refugees and asylum seekers
Largest: $10,000 to INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROJECT INC — core support for the southern border pilot project to adapt iraps remote legal representation model to address the unique needs of vulnerable asylum seekers on the u.s.-mexico bord…
Boston FoundationBoston, MACharity · may take applications
12 matching grants · $479,750 · through 2024Largest: $156,500 to Political Asylum Immigration Representation Project Inc — operating support/annual fund
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $15.1M · through 2022Largest: $1.6M to DePaul University — support for school of accountancy /ledger and quill, general operating support, support for school of music student scholarship, joan and jeff ferrill expendable innovation fund, s…
Largest: $145,000 to ASYLUM SEEKER ADVOCACY PROJECT INC — to advance the rights of asylum seekers in the united states. to convene and build the capacity of membership-based immigrant rights organizations.
Largest: $250,000 to CITY OF ASYLUM PITTSBURGH — financial stability through debt reduction
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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 →