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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 “backlog”
Where the money went
Largest: $2,000 to ROSA VILLARREAL — enhancing conditions of processing of backlogged specimens and their conservation in the uch herbarium
Largest: $123,676 to C L GUPTA EYE INSTITUTE — #21-29er: eliminating rural avoidable blindness backlog during covid-19 pandemic in western uttar pradesh (india)
Largest: $5,000 to JOYFUL HEART FOUNDATION — support the "end the backlog" mission
Maine Technology InstitutePortland, MECharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $122,393 · through 2024Largest: $122,393 to Maine Laboratories LLC — maine laboratories doubles in size to support national pfas testing backlog.
Association of Public HealthBethesda, MDCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $67,287 · through 2023Largest: $67,287 to UNIVERSITY OF IOWA — primary activities include performing sars-cov-2 surveillance in wastewater. this activity will include sample preparation, droplet digital pcr testing, and results analysis. testi…
Louisville Bar FoundationLouisville, KYCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $40,000 · through 2023Largest: $40,000 to Kentucky Refugee Ministries Inc — immigration legal services - kentucky refugee ministries provides legal services to immigrants who have resettled in the louisville area. many of these immigrants need to file appl…
Conrad N Hilton FoundationWestlake Village, CA
1 matching grant · $1.7M · through 2022Largest: $1.7M to SIGHTSAVERS INC — to support the tanzania national trachoma program to eliminate the trichiasis backlog in six districts in arusha and manyara region
Largest: $75,000 to FEDERATION OF AMERICAN SCIENTISTS — immigration - focus on addressing the severe operational challenges that have caused backlogs and wait times for immigration services.
Largest: $20,000 to FOUNDATION FOR BLIND CHILDREN — funding to enable fbc to repair a backlog of about 200 perkins braille writers for students to use.
The Priddy FoundationWichita Falls, TX
1 matching grant · $25,000 · through 2023Largest: $25,000 to Museum of North Texas History (The) — collections backlog project 2023
Minnesota Historical SocietySaint Paul, MNCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $19,989 · through 2022Largest: $19,989 to POLISH CULTURAL INST — legacy grant for complete data entry into collector systems for covid-related backlog
Largest: $10,000 to END SIJS BACKLOG COALITION — national immigration project-national lawyers guild - immigrant youth program
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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 →