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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 “baseline”

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California Healthcare Foundation → University of California San Francisco: $7.1M across 2 grants, latest 2024Norton Healthcare Inc → Jefferson Public School: $1.1M across 2 grants, latest 2024Scott R Mackenzie Foundation Inc → Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory: $900K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Ford Foundation → Human Sciences Research Council: $850K across 2 grants, latest 2023Windhover Foundation Inc → Milwaukee Art Museum Inc: $598K across 3 grants, latest 2023Foundation for A Healthy St Petersburg → Pinellas Education Foundation: $299K across 3 grants, latest 2024The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation → Toro Development Network (Torodev) Limited By Guar: $230K across 1 grant, latest 2022Jrs Biodiversity Foundation → Nature Uganda: $205K across 2 grants, latest 2024Conservation International Foundation → Sea Education Association Inc: $161K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Oak Hill Fund → Bay Islands Conservation Association Inc: $150K across 2 grants, latest 2023The Heinz Endowments → Pittsburghers for Public Transit Association: $150K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Mcknight Foundation → City of Minneapolis: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2022Norton Healthcare Inc → Board of Education of Jefferson County Kentucky: $570K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Ford Foundation → International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation: $400K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Oak Hill Fund → The Ocean Foundation: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Mcknight Foundation → Inter-American Institute for Cooperation On Agriculture: $84K across 2 grants, latest 2021The Heinz Endowments → University of Pittsburgh: $65K across 2 grants, latest 2021The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation → Toro Development Network (Torodev) Limited By: $40K across 1 grant, latest 2023Jrs Biodiversity Foundation → Rhodes University: $31K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Ford Foundation → For the Long Term: $300K across 2 grants, latest 2023Norton Healthcare Inc → Christian Academy of Indiana: $45K across 2 grants, latest 2023The Oak Hill Fund → The 500-Year Forest Foundation: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2022Norton Healthcare Inc → Kentucky Country Day School: $45K across 2 grants, latest 2023Norton Healthcare Inc → Christian Academy of Louisville Inc: $29K across 1 grant, latest 2022Norton Healthcare Inc → Sacred Heart Schools Inc: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2022Norton Healthcare Inc → Presentation Academy Inc: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2022Norton Healthcare Inc → Trinity High School: $23K across 1 grant, latest 2023Norton Healthcare Inc → Assumption High School: $23K across 1 grant, latest 2023Norton Healthcare Inc → Christian Academy of Louisville: $23K across 1 grant, latest 2023Norton Healthcare Inc → Mercy Academy: $23K across 1 grant, latest 2023Norton Healthcare Inc → Assumption High School Inc: $11K across 1 grant, latest 2022Norton Healthcare Inc → St Xavier High School: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2023California Healthcare Foundation: $7.1M on this topic. Open the funder.California Healthcare Foundat…$7.1MNorton Healthcare Inc: $1.9M on this topic. Open the funder.Norton Healthcare Inc$1.9MThe Ford Foundation: $1.6M on this topic. Open the funder.The Ford Foundation$1.6MScott R Mackenzie Foundation Inc: $900K on this topic. Open the funder.Scott R Mackenzie Foundation…$900KWindhover Foundation Inc: $598K on this topic. Open the funder.Windhover Foundation Inc$598KFoundation for A Healthy St Petersburg: $299K on this topic. Open the funder.Foundation for A Healthy St P…$299KThe William & Flora Hewlett Foundation: $270K on this topic. Open the funder.The William & Flora Hewlett F…$270KThe Oak Hill Fund: $255K on this topic. Open the funder.The Oak Hill Fund$255KJrs Biodiversity Foundation: $236K on this topic. Open the funder.Jrs Biodiversity Foundation$236KThe Heinz Endowments: $215K on this topic. Open the funder.The Heinz Endowments$215KThe Mcknight Foundation: $184K on this topic. Open the funder.The Mcknight Foundation$184KConservation International Foundation: $161K on this topic. Open the funder.Conservation International Fo…$161KUniversity of California San Francisco: received $7.1M on this topicUniversity of California San Fr…$7.1MJefferson Public School: received $1.1M on this topicJefferson Public School$1.1MMount Desert Island Biological Laboratory: received $900K on this topicMount Desert Island Biological…$900KHuman Sciences Research Council: received $850K on this topicHuman Sciences Research Council$850KMilwaukee Art Museum Inc: received $598K on this topicMilwaukee Art Museum Inc$598KBoard of Education of Jefferson County Kentucky: received $570K on this topicBoard of Education of Jefferson…$570KInternational Financial Reporting Standards Foundation: received $400K on this topicInternational Financial Reporti…$400KFor the Long Term: received $300K on this topicFor the Long Term$300KPinellas Education Foundation: received $299K on this topicPinellas Education Foundation$299KToro Development Network (Torodev) Limited By Guar: received $230K on this topicToro Development Network (Torod…$230KNature Uganda: received $205K on this topicNature Uganda$205KSea Education Association Inc: received $161K on this topicSea Education Association Inc$161KBay Islands Conservation Association Inc: received $150K on this topicBay Islands Conservation Associ…$150KPittsburghers for Public Transit Association: received $150K on this topicPittsburghers for Public Transi…$150KCity of Minneapolis: received $100K on this topicCity of Minneapolis$100KThe Ocean Foundation: received $100K on this topicThe Ocean Foundation$100KInter-American Institute for Cooperation On Agriculture: received $84K on this topicInter-American Institute for Co…$84KUniversity of Pittsburgh: received $65K on this topicUniversity of Pittsburgh$65KChristian Academy of Indiana: received $45K on this topicChristian Academy of Indiana$45KKentucky Country Day School: received $45K on this topicKentucky Country Day School$45KToro Development Network (Torodev) Limited By: received $40K on this topicToro Development Network (Torod…$40KRhodes University: received $31K on this topicRhodes University$31KChristian Academy of Louisville Inc: received $29K on this topicChristian Academy of Louisville…$29KSacred Heart Schools Inc: received $25K on this topicSacred Heart Schools Inc$25KPresentation Academy Inc: received $25K on this topicPresentation Academy Inc$25KTrinity High School: received $23K on this topicTrinity High School$23KAssumption High School: received $23K on this topicAssumption High School$23KChristian Academy of Louisville: received $23K on this topicChristian Academy of Louisville$23KMercy Academy: received $23K on this topicMercy Academy$23KAssumption High School Inc: received $11K on this topicAssumption High School Inc$11KSt Xavier High School: received $8K on this topicSt Xavier High School$8KThe 500-Year Forest Foundation: received $5K on this topicThe 500-Year Forest Foundation$5K
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 20192025. 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 →