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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 “ballot”
Where the money went
Advocacy Action FundMenlo Park, CACharity · may take applications
17 matching grants · $24.6M · through 2024Largest: $10.0M to CAMPAIGN FOR A SAFE AND HEALTHY CALIFORNIA — support for ballot measure
Largest: $628,364 to BALLOT INITIATIVE STRATEGY CENTER FOUNDATION — 82536 protecting direct democracy and incubating ideas for transformative change across the ballot-measure life cycle
Largest: $130,000 to STATE POWER FUND — to provide the research, analysis, and support to advocacy organizations to make statewide policy change on issues including housing, family wealth-building, public education, ball…
Planned Parenthood Advocates Mar MonteSan Jose, CACharity · may take applications
11 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to VERMONT FOR REPRODUCTIVE LIBERTY BALLOT COMMITTEE — ballot initiative contributions
International Assn of Smart No 104Livermore, CACharity · may take applications
12 matching grants · $247,500 · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to YES ON PROP 1-GOV NEWSOM'S BALLOT MEASURE COMM — ballot measure
Unite AmericaDenver, COCharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $800,000 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to BETTER BALLOT FORT COLLINS — to advocate for ranked choice voting in fort collins, colorado, specifically to encourage voters to vote yes on a 2022 ballot question on rcv.
Democracy Fund VoiceWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $3.5M · through 2024Largest: $650,000 to Arizonans for Free and Fair Elections (ARDC Action) — program support for the arizonans for free and fair elections ballot initiative
East Bay Community FoundationOakland, CACharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $405,795 · through 2024Largest: $118,195 to CENTER FOR EMPOWERED POLITICS — general support - fbo: bay rising action, general support fbo: oakland rising action, voter engagement on local ballot measures fbo: oakland rising ballot committee (fppc #1455486)
Uber Innovation Ballot Measure CommitteeSacramento, CACharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2024Largest: $600,000 to SF For Muni Accountability — ballot measure support
American Civil Liberties Union FoundationNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $5.5M · through 2024Largest: $1.6M to CITIZENS NOT POLITICIANS — ballot initiatives
American Civil Liberties Union ofSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $795,000 · through 2024Largest: $250,000 to YES ON PROP 1 — ballot measure
Nebraska Appleseed Center for LawLincoln, NECharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $603,049 · through 2024Largest: $200,000 to NEBRASKA APPLESEED ACTION FUND (NAAF) — economic justice organizing and ballot initiative work
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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 →