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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 “cant”
Where the money went
Largest: $8,500 to NORTHWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION — innovation fuels advancement in health care, and at northwell, philanthropy fuels innovation. every gift to northwell health fuels our ambition to fearlessly disrupt the expected s…
Amalgamated Charitable FoundationWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $131,000 · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to WV Cant Wait Mutual Aid A Non-Profit Corporation — general operating support and project support
Largest: $64,000 to M NADEL — to organize a statewide screening tour of the documentary film cans cant stand" in order to educate the public about an archaic crimes against nature statute in louisiana and the h…
Largest: $213,038 to Kulana Quiam — helping war victims with food medical and shelter. aiding students with lunch meals for those who cant afford it. distributed us aid grant to irrigation project in algazeera
Metta FundSan Francisco, CA
2 matching grants · $225,000 · through 2024Largest: $150,000 to NATIONAL DOMESTIC WORKERS ALLIANCE — caring across generations' california care cant wait
Windward FundWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $150,000 · through 2024Largest: $75,000 to WV CANT WAIT MUTUAL AID — environmental programs
Largest: $3,000 to Cancer Cant — transport & financial support for cancer patients
Largest: $10,000 to Why Cant We Make A Difference Foundation — general operating
In Our BackyardsBrooklyn, NYCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $12,588 · through 2023Largest: $6,590 to I CANT WE CAN — to provide funding for poet convention
Borealis PhilanthropyMinneapolis, MNCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $100,000 · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to WV CANT WAIT MUTUAL AID A NON-PROFIT CORPORATION — to support the work of black by god
The Just Trust for EducationDurham, NCCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $75,000 · through 2023Largest: $75,000 to WV CANT WAIT MUTUAL AID — project support for mountain state harm reduction for criminal justice reform in west virginia
Arts Midwest IncorporatedMinneapolis, MNCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $23,000 · through 2024Largest: $23,000 to CANTE WAUNSILPI WI TA OMINICIYE — cultural sustainability
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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 →