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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 “challange”
Where the money went
Largest: $20,000 to SAINT PETER'S UNIVERSITY — challange grant for community projects
Jaf FoundationSouthampton, NY
2 matching grants · $165,000 · through 2024Largest: $140,000 to ETH FOUNDATION — teaching and research in order to boost switzerland's innovative strenght and help deliver solutions to major challanges
Largest: $7,500 to LIFT SKILLS FOR YOUTH — to help the organization fulfill its mission which is to help support the youth in their community to rise above the challanges of circustance and achieve their greatest potential.
Largest: $7,200 to Pesach Tikvah — medically challanged children
Largest: $5,000 to THE SOUTHHAMPTON FRESH AIR HOME — summer camp for physically challanged children
Largest: $115,000 to UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH — innovation challange fund
The Community Foundation forJacksonville, FLCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $60,365 · through 2022Largest: $50,000 to THE DONNA FOUNDATION — to support the financial aid fund for patients with a 3:1 challange grant
Largest: $8,000 to A NEW LEAF — helping families to overcome homelessness, domestic violence and other hearth- breaking challanges
Largest: $10,000 to ELGIN YOUTH SYMPHONY — challange grant
The Cyrus Eaton FoundationCleveland Heights, OH
2 matching grants · $4,000 · through 2023Largest: $2,000 to YOUTH CHALLANGE — unrestricted gift
Largest: $100,000 to CHALLANGED ATHLETES FOUNDATION — general purpose of exempt organization
Largest: $27,520 to men's challange — programming matching grant
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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 →