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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 “beirut”
Where the money went
Largest: $273,000 to American University of Beirut — for a project on building the field of critical development studies in the arab region
Largest: $100,000 to AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT — to support programming with beirut urban lab
Largest: $120,000 to AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT — for support to the global health institutes climate change, social justice, and health program for research and dialogues on the implications of climate change on social justice an…
Mastercard FoundationCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $38.4M · through 2024Largest: $12.0M to American University of Beirut — youth learning
Largest: $270,000 to AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT — for educational scholarships.
Largest: $100,000 to AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT — aub medical center emergency relief
Largest: $100,000 to AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT — for the organization's charitable use
Largest: $50,500 to AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT — unrestricted use by charity
Largest: $30,000 to AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT — medical fellowships
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
3 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2024Largest: $500,000 to AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT — promise of an equitable future
Largest: $400,000 to SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION BEIRUT INC — raising funds for the university's development and global outreach, and maintaining its academic excellence.
Largest: $50,000 to AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT — dunia foundation endowed scholarship fund
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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 →