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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.
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Concordia Lutheran MinistriesfoundationCabot, PACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $615,750 · through 2024Largest: $283,250 to Pittsburgh Area Lutheran Schools — to provide scholarships for the pals schools (three k-8; ten preschools) for those families that cannot afford tuition. providing scholarships to families enables lutheran schools …
Largest: $20,000 to Young Men's Christian Association — provide scholarships for children who cannot afford membership and programming.
Largest: $10,000 to Warm Hearth Foundation Incorporated — support residents who cannot afford to pay the cost of their housing and health care.
Largest: $30,000 to Water Street Ministries — two-year grant (2024-2025) to help pay for materials needed for dental procedures (including crowns, partial and full dentures and oral surgeries) for patients who cannot afford de…
Omaha Parks FoundationOmaha, NECharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $8.4M · through 2024Largest: $4.3M to CITY OF OMAHA - DEPARTMENT OF PARKS RECREATION AND PUBLIC PROPERTY — an opportunity to gain support for special park projects that cannot be addressed by the city budget.
Largest: $50,000 to Jesuit Refugee Service — this grant will be used to support 35 refugees for one year in secondary school (two with disabilities). although urban refugees in nairobi can access public secondary schools, the…
Louisville Bar FoundationLouisville, KYCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $91,500 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to Louisville Bar Association — the louisville bar association's new lawyer academy is a comprehensive six-month program designed for attorneys with up to three years of experience. this inaugural academy aims to…
Largest: $50,000 to FAITH FAMILY MEDICAL CENTER — to provide affordable, quality care to patients who are working to get ahead, but cannot afford to see a doctor
Largest: $35,250 to LAWRENCE MEALS ON WHEELS INC — toward meals for clients who cannot afford to pay in whole or in part
Largest: $87,000 to JOHN BROWN UNIVERISTY — faith based eudcation that provides financial aid for those who cannot afford tuition
Largest: $1.0M to LEGAL AID CENTER OF SOUTHERN NEVADA — quality legal counsel and representation for indivdiuals who cannot afford legal assistance.
Largest: $1.95B to Various — the merck patient assistance program inc. merck pap provides certain merck medicines and adult vaccines for free to eligible patients who do not have insurance coverage or who with…
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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 →