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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 “bonds”
Where the money went
Largest: $153,872 to KAUFFMAN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS — series 2015 bond interest
Perigee FundSeattle, WACharity · may take applications
18 matching grants · $701,500 · through 2022Largest: $115,000 to ASIA PACIFIC CULTURAL CENTER — pfml 2022 year 3 time to bond.
Largest: $1.2M to THIRD SECTOR NEW ENGLAND — 79158 elevating race and equity in the municipal bond market to drive systemic change
Largest: $1.8M to UBS Optimus Foundation — development impact bond (dib) - educational transformation in india
Largest: $400,000 to IMPACT INVESTMENT EXCHANGE PTE LTD — feasibility study for an indonesian orange bond, a first-of-its-kind financing instrument dedicated to advancing gender equity in indonesia
Bond County Community FoundationVandalia, ILCharity · may take applications
10 matching grants · $322,182 · through 2024Largest: $68,394 to BOND COUNTY INDEPENDENCE DAY FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION — community festival
Largest: $536,060 to BRITISH OVERSEAS NGOS FOR DEVELOPMENT (BOND) — global health and development public awareness and analysis; research and learning opportunities
Largest: $300,000 to CLIMATE BONDS INITIATIVE — to support the scaling-up of green bonds for agriculture in brazil.
Largest: $2.8M to 47TH AVENUE FOUNDATION — capital endowmentcash - $228,430; non-cash equities & bonds - $2,574,901book value of contributed property: cash - $228.430; equities & bonds - $1,886,963book valuation method: cos…
Largest: $57,500 to Human Animal Bond Research Foundation — pet-person bond research
Largest: $237,691 to University of Maine Farmington — scholarships - w adams, d betts, c blake, k bond, g bonito, a bowden, d breton, a brooks, c bross, l bryant, o bryant, j campbell, e carrasquillo, k cloutier, b colbeth, a cressey,…
Tides CenterSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $205,000 · through 2023Largest: $55,000 to EASTERN IOWA COMMUNITY BOND PROJECT — equity, human rights, and economic empowerment
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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 →