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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 “become”
Where the money went
Largest: $696,000 to SPECIAL PROJECT FUND DAF — to promote positive change to the policies and systems that assist youth in becoming successful adults.
Catholic Legal Immigration NetworkSilver Spring, MDCharity · may take applications
137 matching grants · $18.6M · through 2024Largest: $1.5M to CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS ANGELES INC — increase immigration legal services by expanding training for nonprofits to help staff members become accredited representatives under the u.s. department of justice office of lega…
Conrad N Hilton FoundationWestlake Village, CA
27 matching grants · $8.2M · through 2024Largest: $900,000 to ALEXANDRIA HOUSE — to provide supportive services and emergency funds for women and children who are experiencing homelessness or are at risk of becoming homeless
Largest: $4.4M to COMMUNITY CATALYST — 79840 assisting with enrollment and renewal for populations most likely to be or become uninsured during a historically complex coverage environment
Largest: $3.5M to FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC — to support the growth of the school of computing and information sciences (scis) at florida international university as it seeks to become a leading school for computer science and…
Largest: $30,000 to THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (UNIVE — school of public health - promoting an anti-racist school climate: to support a faculty leadership academy to advance a vision of becoming an anti-racist public health school by ex…
Largest: $461,784 to St Louis University — to support the prime center's growth and its goal to become the premier resource for education research and evidence in the state of missouri.
Largest: $37,759 to PEAKSNENG THORMACHEAT SHOP — assist families living in rural poverty to become food and income self-reliant.
Largest: $5,000 to REAP Inc — reap's young entrepreneurs program (yep) creates opportunities for students to unleash their innovative potential and explore ways to create their own wealth to become self-suffici…
Largest: $556,324 to FLORIDA MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY INC — to instill in students the importance of becoming global citizens through life-long learning, leadership, character, and service.
Largest: $100,000 to READING PARTNERS — to help children become lifelong readers by empowering communities to provide individualized instruction with measurable results.
Maine Technology InstitutePortland, MECharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $1.5M · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to Maine Center for Entrepreneurs (V) — mce is seeking matching funding to support an application to eda's build to scale program to establish a maine bioscience cluster initiative to serve maine's emerging life sciences…
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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 →