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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 “aunt”
Where the money went
Illinois Primary Health Care AssociationSpringfield, ILCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $1.9M · through 2024Largest: $683,769 to Aunt Martha's HealthWellness — to improve chronic disease outcomes among chc patients, improve health insurance marketplace enrollments, and improve covid education and vaccination rates.
Start EarlyChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $1.6M · through 2024Largest: $423,768 to AUNT MARTHA'S YSP — hs/ehs & comm based family services
Spectrum Medical Care CenterPhoenix, AZCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $336,550 · through 2025Largest: $250,000 to AUNT RITAS FOUNDATION — to help eradicate the hiv/aids epidemic and increase the use of prep within the lgbtqia+ community.
Largest: $15,000 to AUNT RITAS FOUNDATION — program/operating support
Dayton Foundation DepositoryDayton, OHCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $84,911 · through 2024Largest: $28,620 to AUNT FLOW NON PROFIT — menstrual products
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $9.1M · through 2023Largest: $50,000 to Aunt Marthas Health and Wellness Inc — in support of aunt marthas integrated care model which includes primary health, behavioral health, oral health, child welfare, and community-based services that address social dete…
Largest: $7,500 to AUNT LUTE BOOKS — general operatinggeneral operating
Largest: $39,329 to IMPROVE NORWICH NOW — to benefit the operations of aunt mary's house
Largest: $5,300 to AUNT MARYS HOUSE INC — general operating support
Largest: $10,000 to Aunt Dot's Place — community food bank
Episcopal Children'S ServicesJacksonville, FLCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $93,648 · through 2024Largest: $40,274 to AUNT BEAS TLC — school readiness / vpk provider payments
The Community Foundation forJacksonville, FLCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $60,000 · through 2024Largest: $30,000 to PAW PAWS PET RESCUE — in memory of aunt barbara and uncle jim ross, samson, and misty, and to support and thank you for your work and all you do for animals in need.
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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 →