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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 “behalf”
Where the money went
Ohio Christian Education NetworkColumbus, OHCharity · may take applications
93 matching grants · $5.4M · through 2024Largest: $320,400 to HERITAGE CLASSICAL ACADEMY — grants were made to students, payments sent to schools on behalf of students
The Community Foundation of MiddleNashville, TNCharity · may take applications
85 matching grants · $1.3M · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to NASHVILLE SCHOOL OF LAW — to support the judge charles gilbert scholarship on behalf of jennifer gilbert (jennifer.gilbert@gmail.com) and harris gilbert (harrisngilbert@gmail.com), children of harris a. gil…
Walter and Elise Haas FundSan Francisco, CA
56 matching grants · $3.5M · through 2024Largest: $80,000 to UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY FOUNDATION ON BEHALF OF MAGNES COLLECTION — two years of project support on behalf of the magnes collection, for jewish art in islamic lands, a project that will engage jewish and muslim audiences and serve as a model for ot…
Largest: $4,000 to SUNY GENESEO — scholarship payment to the college on behalf of a scholarship winner.
Largest: $1,000 to SOFTWARE FREEDOM CONSERVANCY (ON BEHALF OF INSTITUTE FOR COMPUTING IN RESEA — consortium of researchers, students, and teachers who work on pedagogical aspects of using advanced computing methods for research.
Health Commons ProjectSammamish, WACharity · may take applications
34 matching grants · $4.3M · through 2023Largest: $436,145 to Angels for Angels — funding local wa state partners on behalf of doh to further community testing & vaccination efforts related to covid-19
Community Foundation of North TexasFort Worth, TXCharity · may take applications
39 matching grants · $780,500 · through 2024Largest: $80,000 to TARRANT TO AND THROUGH PARTNERSHIP — for general purposes on behalf of jane and bob ferguson. please send acknowledgement to them at 637 samuels avenue, suite 3065, fort worth, tx 76102
Largest: $20,000 to THE COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY — scholarship on behalf of grace iwanicki
Largest: $1.0M to STATE LEADERSHIP PROJECT ON BEHALF OF SOUTHERN WORKING GROUP — general operating
Stormont-Vail FoundationTopeka, KSCharity · may take applications
29 matching grants · $350,970 · through 2023Largest: $50,000 to GEARY COUNTY FOOD PANTRY — community charitable support on behalf of stormont-vail healthcare
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
18 matching grants · $8.3M · through 2022Largest: $1.3M to Jewish United Fund of Chicago — general operating support, support for annual campaign 2022, support for the work of janna berk on behalf of the juf, bari patzik charitable fund, women's only support, 2022 unrest…
Largest: $237,500 to University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill — for execution of an educational support program on behalf of first-generation, low-income college students
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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 →