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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 “backgrounds”
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Indiana Center for NursingIndianapolis, INCharity · may take applications
36 matching grants · $1.8M · through 2025Largest: $77,214 to COMMUNITY HEALTH NETWORK FOUNDATION — increase nursing education opportunities for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds
Largest: $87,417 to Association for Education Finance and Policy Inc — to support the association for education finance and policy's annual conference and expand its membership to include more policymakers,practitioners, and scholars from under-repres…
Largest: $1.2M to NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART — core support for the diverse acquisition fund to acquire works by artists of diverse backgrounds
Largest: $675,128 to UNITED JEWISH APPEAL FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC — to care for jews everywhere and new yorkers of all backgrounds, respond to crises close to home and far away
Largest: $77,500 to MAYO CLINIC OTOLARYNGOLOGY UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH EDU PROGRAM (UREP) SCHOLA — undergraduate research internship program (urip), a 10-week summer program for 5 students from urm backgrounds.
Largest: $38,000 to University of Minnesota Foundation — to support the bell museum's resident artist program, offering minnesota artists of diverse backgrounds, identities, and abilities, opportunities to explore their artistic vision t…
Largest: $202,835 to SETI INSTITUTE — in support of research experiences in astronomy for undergraduate students from backgrounds traditionally underrepresented in science.
The Community Foundation of MiddleNashville, TNCharity · may take applications
10 matching grants · $111,371 · through 2024Largest: $15,000 to COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF TENNESSEE — we help ensure that every student, regardless of race, gender, ability, zip code, or socioeconomic background has what they need to realize their full potential in school and beyon…
Largest: $10,000 to CARNEGIE CENTER — provide literacy and learning programs to people of all ages and backgrounds
Largest: $50,000 to Brown Phys Department Fund — to make brown accessibleto most talented studentsfor all backgrounds.
Largest: $50,000 to SAN FRANCSICO CHAMBER ORCHESTRA — to help make classicalmusicaccessible to audiences of all ages and backgrounds across the bay area
Largest: $85,000 to THE COMMUNITY KOLLEL INC — to enhance the love of jewish learning and practice for all jews, young and old, regardless of background or level of knowledge and observance.
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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 →