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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 “candidates”
Where the money went
Meb Alliance for Educator DiversityPeachtree City, GACharity · may take applications
49 matching grants · $6.0M · through 2024Largest: $1.5M to MURSION INC — to strengthen teacher preparation at msis by improving the teaching and learning conditions for all candidates, increasing capacity of the msi to implement a sustainable process of…
Green Advocacy ProjectWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
29 matching grants · $1.4M · through 2021Largest: $150,000 to BOSTON TURNOUT PROJECT INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE PAC — to help elect candidates who support a transition to a clean energy economy
Largest: $175,000 to PENNENVIRONMENT RESEARCH AND POLICY CENTER — to develop a common policy agenda among allegheny county advocacy organizations and use that agenda to educate county executive candidates, county council candidates, and the publi…
California Hospitals Committee On IssuesSacramento, CACharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $4.8M · through 2024Largest: $1.5M to California Democratic Party — non-candidate support
The Community Foundation for Greater NewNew Haven, CTCharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $140,656 · through 2024Largest: $54,907 to ANSONIA HIGH SCHOOL — for one or more members of the ansoinia high school senior class who graduates and continues their education at an accredited college or university; to assist in the payment of tui…
Largest: $460,000 to Southwest Initiative Foundation — to build a pathway to teaching for diverse candidates in and around worthington, minnesota
Lilly EndowmentIndianapolis, IN
8 matching grants · $634,096 · through 2025Largest: $125,000 to CANDID — general operating support
The Cleveland FoundationCleveland, OHCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $391,690 · through 2024Largest: $130,800 to CANDID MIDWEST — candid midwest general operating support
Largest: $248,377 to DARTMOUTH COLLEGE — to fund dissertation fellowships for phd candidates to work on policy-relevant economics research within independent or support agencies such as the congressional budget office
Largest: $150,000 to CANDID — 80641 general operating support for candid, 2023-2026
Largest: $166,192 to FOUNDATION FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE INC (TUTORING) — program support for teacher candidates to have a high-quality clinical experience by tutoring k-5 grade cms students in foundational reading.
Council for Professional RecognitionWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $229,800 · through 2024Largest: $65,800 to H&H CHILD CARE TRAINING CENTER LLC — cda candidate training
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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 →