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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 “boosting”
Where the money went
50canWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
387 matching grants · $110.3M · through 2024Largest: $5.4M to THE MIND TRUST INC — to support summer boost
C K Blandin FoundationGrand Rapids, MN
89 matching grants · $5.2M · through 2023Largest: $131,000 to FOND DU LAC BAND OF LAKE SUPERIOR CHIPPEWA — project support for a leadership boost grant for creative placemaking in fond du lac in rural minnesota
East Bay Community FoundationOakland, CACharity · may take applications
34 matching grants · $10.2M · through 2024Largest: $83,333 to GEORGIA CHARITABLE CARE NETWORK — boosting covid-19 vaccination rates by elevating access, confidence, and equity in metro atlanta, metro atlanta boosting covid-19 vaccination rates: elevated access, confidence and…
United Way of New York CityNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
20 matching grants · $2.2M · through 2024Largest: $248,490 to PART OF THE SOLUTION — food support connections (fsc) is an initiative designed in partnership with the new york state office of temporary and disability assistance to boost supplemental nutrition assist…
Houston Immigration Legal ServicescollabHouston, TXCharity · may take applications
13 matching grants · $703,650 · through 2025Largest: $63,900 to Memorial AssistanceMinistries — citizenship boost
2-1-1 WisconsinMadison, WICharity · may take applications
10 matching grants · $681,015 · through 2024Largest: $179,473 to IMPACT ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUG ABUSE SERVICES INC — in support of operating call centers. including funds to support boosted social media ads supporting 211 awareness.
Largest: $3,412 to PSHS WILDCAT BATTALION JROTC BOOST — program/operating support
Largest: $150,000 to LIVE AGAIN FRESNO — project support grant to boost health, safety, food access, parent education, jobs, and afterschool programs for fresno families impacted by poverty and violence.
Largest: $600,000 to MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY — for use by its department of urban studies and planning in support of expanding the mit living wage tool, a calculator that provides regional cost-of-living estimates, to help boos…
Largest: $2,500 to NEW MILFORD BOROUGH — dtmf volunteer boost program
Largest: $237,500 to Pinellas Education Foundation — fhsp and pef embarked on a strategic partnership to further equitable educational outcomes, boost education quality for all pinellas county students, and have a baseline of data th…
Largest: $749,772 to INSTITUT PASTEUR OF DAKAR — to build capacity and deepen research for vaccine development by generating african knowledge on the first vaccine candidate designed and developed in africa for a neglected, high …
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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 →