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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 “champions”
Where the money went
Largest: $5.9M to LATINO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF COLORADO — champion health equity, strengthen community health
Largest: $1,000 to ELLEN HU — 2024 heart of a champion scholarship
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
18 matching grants · $11.2M · through 2022Largest: $78,000 to Tony McCreary Evangelisticassociation — support for generator, support for the home of champions orphanage for may, june, and july, support for the home of champions orphanage for august, september, october, 2023, suppor…
Community Foundation of North TexasFort Worth, TXCharity · may take applications
18 matching grants · $1.8M · through 2024Largest: $440,000 to FORT WORTH STOCK SHOW SYNDICATE — for the 2023 junior livestock auction sale of champions - no benefits
Largest: $1.3M to NEW VENTURE FUND — 80848 supporting protect our care in championing medicaid, expanding access to coverage, and defeating legal threats to healthcare
Jimmie Johnson FoundationCharlotte, NCCharity · may take applications
18 matching grants · $468,462 · through 2022Largest: $35,000 to WESTERN HARNETT MIDDLE SCHOOL — champions grant - education support
American Academy of PediatricsItasca, ILCharity · may take applications
18 matching grants · $786,368 · through 2021Largest: $83,500 to GEORGIA CHAPTER - AAP — aap e-cigarette chapter champion
Largest: $5,000 to EDUCATION JUSTICE ALLIANCE — champions for equity and justice
Feedback LabsWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
16 matching grants · $145,000 · through 2024Largest: $17,500 to GLOBALGIVING — 2024 feedback champion
Largest: $100,000 to REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES — core support for the ucla center for critical internet inquiry's research and analysis to reimagine technology, champion racial justice, and strengthen democracy
Largest: $1.0M to Tennessee State Collaborative on Reforming Education — to support a diverse range of tennessee education stakeholders to sustain and successfully implement student-focused policies, identify and champion new and innovative policy solut…
Largest: $100,000 to Champions of the Community — program support
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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 →