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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 “burden”
Where the money went
Iha Hospital Assistance FoundationIndianapolis, INCharity · may take applications
20 matching grants · $2.9M · through 2024Largest: $876,217 to PINNACLE HEALTHCARE LLC — financial assistance related to economic burden as described below.
Largest: $5,000 to MANHATTAN INST FOR POLICY RSRCH — relief from govt. burdens
Largest: $392,174 to RAND CORPORATION — to conduct a quasi-experimental study to estimate the impact of small area fair market rents (safmrs), a place-based policy that give families more rental support if they reside in…
Greene County Community FoundationXenia, OHCharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $488,238 · through 2024Largest: $167,241 to CITY OF FAIRBORN — less burden of govt
Foundation for Atlanta VeteransDecatur, GACharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $2.2M · through 2023Largest: $655,156 to BAYLOR SCHOOL OF MEDICINE — collaboration to quantify the burden of norovirus gastro
Largest: $675,000 to CODE FOR AMERICA — 81723 dismantling barriers that low-income families face in accessing tax credits by transferring the tax-filing burden from those families to government
Neighborhood Impact Investment FundBaltimore, MDCharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $131,571 · through 2023Largest: $24,475 to DRUID HEIGHTS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION INC — offset the third-party costs associated with niif loans that can be a significant burden to small developers or small projects
Largest: $200,000 to INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP (WASHINGTON OFFICE) — to lessen the burden of government by supporting nonpartisan research and analysis on tunisia's political and economic crisis in order to promote sustainable solutions, advance pro…
Largest: $950,000 to THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY — research of in-line water chlorination in high disease burden settings
Largest: $105,700 to VC Colab Foundation — advance education and science, combat community deterioration and lessen the burdens of government
Largest: $115,000 to CARTER BURDEN NETWORK — general donation
Largest: $22,000 to CARTER BURDEN NETWORK — care of the elderly
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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 →