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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 “bankruptcy”
Where the money went
American College of BankruptcyDover, DECharity · may take applications
143 matching grants · $1.8M · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to ALAMEDA COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION VOLUNTEER LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION — for pro bono bankruptcy services through the offering of three legal clinics: bankruptcy chapter 7 clinic, bankruptcy form completion clinic, and bankruptcy post-filing clinic.
American College of BankruptcyDover, DECharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $776,100 · through 2024Largest: $262,300 to AMERICAN COLLEGE OF BANKRUPTCY FOUNDATION — pro bono regrants
Largest: $8.3M to FOUNDATION FOR DETROIT'S FUTURE — for the detroit institute of arts settlement project to expedite detroit's bankruptcy settlement, assist in honoring pension commitments and preserve the institutes collection for …
National Data CenterWalnut Creek, CACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $66,000 · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to NACTT ACADEMY FOR CONSUMER BANKRUPTCY EDUCATION INC — providing scholarships to law schools to participate in moot court competition of $50,000 and to develop a website to assist in bankruptcy educational mission.
Largest: $1.5M to FOUNDATION FOR DETROIT'S FUTURE — as part of a group of funders supporting detroit's plan of adjustment to allow detroit to emerge from bankruptcy (a) a financially sustainable community that can better engage and …
Pennsylvania Interest On LawyerHarrisburg, PACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $190,000 · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to CONSUMER BANKRUPTCY ASSISTANCE PROJECT — legal assistance
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
3 matching grants · $4.0M · through 2022Largest: $2.0M to FOUNDATION FOR DETROITS FUTURE — support, in part, a proposed settlement to assist the city of detroit in emerging from bankruptcy by helping the city satisfy its pension obligations to retirees and to assist in p…
Philadelphia Bar FoundationPhiladelphia, PACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $38,894 · through 2025Largest: $12,000 to CONSUMER BANKRUPTCY ASSISTANCE PROJECT - THE CAST IRON BUILDING — non-profit legal aid
Largest: $12,500 to CONSUMER BANKRUPTCY ASSISTANCE PROJECT (CBAP) — general operations
Largest: $2,000 to AMERICAN COLLEGE OF BANKRUPTCY FOUNDATION — to support the recipient's general charitable activities.
Largest: $2,111 to American College of Bankruptcy Fdn — endowment fund
Alabama Law FoundationMontgomery, ALCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $203,500 · through 2024Largest: $135,000 to ALABAMA BANKRUPTCY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM SAVLP — foreclosure prevention mediation services
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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 →