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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 “british”
Where the money went
Largest: $560,000 to UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA — in support of theoretical and experimental investigations of topological superconductivity in twisted two-dimensional cuprate structures.
Largest: $192,000 to UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA — simons investigator in physics
Largest: $5,000 to AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM INC — us arm of british museum promoting the study of art, middle east dept
Largest: $1.1M to The British Asian Trust — skill impact bond - skilling low-income youth for aspirational jobs
Largest: $536,060 to BRITISH OVERSEAS NGOS FOR DEVELOPMENT (BOND) — global health and development public awareness and analysis; research and learning opportunities
Largest: $35,000 to SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH (BRITISH COLUMBIA CONFERENCE) — indigenous ministries training & education
The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift FundNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $928,223 · through 2024Largest: $587,000 to BRITISH SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES FOUNDATION INC — scholarships & financial aid
Largest: $64,755 to BRITISH OVERSEAS NGOS FOR DEVELOPMENT — for support of research, campaigning, and mobilizing in local areas in support of refugee, climate, and development justice.
John Templeton FoundationWest Conshohocken, PA
7 matching grants · $2.4M · through 2024Largest: $802,314 to UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA — explore cultural evol of rel employing a large-scale, quant-qual historical database
Largest: $254,385 to UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA — to accelerate the production of empirical economics research on industrial strategy
Largest: $35,000 to First Robotics British Columbia Society — general operating support
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
5 matching grants · $2.8M · through 2023Largest: $1.0M to British Broadcasting Corporation — to deepen investigative journalism and reporting using local languages
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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 →