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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 “carrer”
Where the money went
Largest: $2,000 to TRI-RIVERS CARRER CENTER — seudent servicescommunity support
Largest: $2,500 to UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA — scholarship fbo d. colon-carrer
Community Foundation of North LouisianaShreveport, LACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $108,319 · through 2024Largest: $108,319 to CAREER COMPASS OF LOUISIANA — college and carrer coaching in bossier and caddo parish schools
Southwest Key ProgramsAustin, TXCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $50,000 · through 2023Largest: $50,000 to CENTER FOR TRAINING & CARRERS INC — engagement project for high-risk and justice involved youth
The Giving Back FundBoston, MACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $40,000 · through 2022Largest: $40,000 to TECH CARRER — general assistance
Foundation for Orange County PublicOrlando, FLCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $51,776 · through 2021Largest: $51,776 to ORANGE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS (CARRER & TECH ED INTERN PROG) — to provide internships at for-profit and non-profit organizations for approx. 100 high school students
Largest: $15,000 to HOUSTON GRAND OPERA — to support young artist with an opportunity to bridge between training and a full fledge operatic carrer.
Pacific Islanders in CommunicationsHonolulu, HICharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $21,000 · through 2021Largest: $21,000 to TERRA CARRERE LLC — pic special project licensing fee
Largest: $11,800 to SANDUSKY CITY SCHOOLSSANDUSKY CARRER CENTER — tables and chairsfor its classrooms
Largest: $6,667 to OKLAHOMA ENGINEERING FOUNDATION — menoring to encourage engineering carrers
Largest: $10,080 to AISS FOUNDATION — to guide academically motivated & economically disadvantaged high school student interested in pursuing a carrer in the stem fields
Largest: $5,000 to WE MAKE - AUTISM AT WORK — support the innovative approach to carrers for people with autism
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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 →