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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 “boss”
Where the money went
Largest: $25,000 to BOSS INC — boss, inc. general operating support
United Way of Greater CharlotteCharlotte, NCCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $207,529 · through 2024Largest: $81,849 to STILETTO BOSS UNIVERSITY UNITE CHARLOTTE — program operating costrestricted program funding to achieve contracted outcomes
Largest: $77,000 to UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE — 2:1 match of mr. bosse's $20,000 gift
Metro United WayLouisville, KYCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $105,000 · through 2024Largest: $35,000 to TECH-Nique — technology entrepreneurship to create change boss summer internship program
The Alliance for Economic DevelopmentOklahoma City, OKCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $720,679 · through 2024Largest: $560,100 to BE YOUR OWN BOSS LLC — coronavirus relief
Largest: $15,000 to BUILDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR SELF-SUFFICIENCY (BOSS) — boss shelter network
Kaiser Foundation HospitalsOakland, CACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $45,000 · through 2024Largest: $15,000 to Boss Inc — advancing health and racial equity through boss
Allied Media ProjectsDetroit, MICharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $34,286 · through 2023Largest: $10,000 to LEVELS AND BOSSES LLC — we have invited otro inventario, a formation of folks who have ongoing work using emergent strategy, to submit a short proposal sharing a bit about your work and how emergent strat…
Largest: $50,000 to THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION — be the boss of your stress
Near West Side PartnersMilwaukee, WICharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $140,000 · through 2024Largest: $75,000 to BUFFALO BOSS NORTH — molson coors business grant
Largest: $45,000 to BUILDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR SELF-SUFFICIENCY (BOSS) — general support, $45,000 per year for two years
United Way of the Bay AreaSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $99,500 · through 2024Largest: $60,000 to BUILDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR SELF-SUFFICIENCY (BOSS) — program grant
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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 →