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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 “caught”
Where the money went
Largest: $460,000 to World Wildlife Fund Inc — to contribute to the efforts of iuu-forced labor coalition to reduce the flow of illegal, unreported and unregulated seafood and seafood caught with forced labor into the u.s.
Largest: $300,000 to FUND FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK — core support for the immigrant defense project to fight for fairness and justice for immigrants caught at the intersection of the u.s. criminal and immigration systems and to end t…
Largest: $50,000 to CAUGHT UP — project empower
Largest: $12,000 to DOCTORS WITHOUT BOARDERS — urgent medical care to people caught
Largest: $10,000 to Girl Scouts Heart of Central CA — science technology engineering and math (stem) programs have caught on quickly at gshcc because girl scouts are curious, motivated and adventurous by nature. our organization is un…
Largest: $30,000 to BOWERY MISSION — to minister in the new york metro area to men, women, and children caught in the cycles of poverty, hopelessness and dependencies of many kinds, and to see their lives transformed …
Fmck Lee FoundationMonte Sereno, CA
3 matching grants · $50,000 · through 2024Largest: $20,000 to DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS — to support emergency care to people caught in crises
Largest: $748,084 to GLOBAL FISHING WATCH INC — to expand the use of transparency tools in west and east africa, as well as latin america, that improve implementation of port state controls and reduce illegally-caught fish from …
Largest: $100,000 to JUVENILE LAW CENTER — continuing advocacy support for philadelphia-based public interest law firm fighting for the rights of children caught in juvenile justice and child welfare systems.
Largest: $250,000 to CENTER FOR CIVILIANS IN CONFLICT — improving protection for civilians caught in conflicts around the world by calling on and advising international organizations, governments, militaries, and armed non-state actors …
Largest: $130,000 to NYC HEALTH AND HOSPITALS CORPORATION — mental health/legal/social support for survivors caught in the asylum crisis
Largest: $15,000 to TALLER SAN JOSE — provide underprivileged young adults who are caught in a cycle of crime and poverty with marketable job skills in order to become productive self-reliant adults.
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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 →