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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 “avoiding”
Where the money went
Largest: $27,656 to HOUSING AUTHORITY OF CITY OF ANNAPOLIS — to support the renter eviction avoidance program
Independent Colleges of WashingtonSeattle, WACharity · may take applications
18 matching grants · $1.9M · through 2024Largest: $129,223 to WHITWORTH UNIVERSITY — scholarship aid; & cost avoidance
Defenders of WildlifeWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
18 matching grants · $190,500 · through 2024Largest: $24,000 to Aris Land & Livestock LLC — to assist with costs associated with efforts to avoid livestock depredation by wolves in the gila national forest.
Largest: $8,906 to Ms YARIMAR MERCADO — donation to an organization dedicated to the cleaning of beaches in puerto rico so as to preserved marine life and avoid contamination to the coasts of puerto rico.
Largest: $83,850 to Solutions To Avoid Red Tide — to create a healthy pond collaborative armed with scientific and technical expertise, community relationships, and professional capacity.
Largest: $425,883 to REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY — to conduct research on tax avoidance to determine ways to better design and enforce taxes.
Largest: $25,000 to FEEDING AMERICA — prevention of food going into landfills to avoid toxic by-products
Largest: $125,000 to FRESH LIFELINES FOR YOUTH INC — to support this organizations out-of-school time program that helps youth achieve academic success, avoid or exit the justice system, and enhance their social and emotional develop…
Navigate Affordable Housing PartnersBirmingham, ALCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $300,000 · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to WALKER COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCYINC — emergency housing assistance/outh feeding program - we will assist families in walker county avoid eviction and foreclosure be providing funding for rent/mortgage. these families w…
Largest: $15,000 to HEALTHCARE FOR HOMELESS ANIMALS — to fund medical care for homeless shelter animals to avoid unnecessary euthanasia for treatable conditions.
Largest: $10,000 to JESSE TREE OF IDAHO — to help avoid homelessness through rental assistance and help negotiating with landlords.
Largest: $275,000 to REWILD — support for iucns primate specialist groups section on great apes (sga), the sections arrc task force (avoid, reduce, restore, conserve), and state of the apes phase ii.
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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 →