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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 “citizenry”
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Panonica FoundationNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
12 matching grants · $1.3M · through 2024Largest: $250,000 to Consumer Reports Inc — promote informed citizenry and responsible journalism
Largest: $75,000 to PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY BROADCASTING CORPORATION — to report on conservation and sustainability efforts in western pennsylvania, via radio and digital media, to bring about a more informed citizenry
Largest: $1.1M to Community News Collaborative — to create a more informed citizenry through quality news coverage of local stories.
Largest: $20,000 to WEDU TAMPA — to serve the public good and to aid in the creation of an informed citizenry.
Largest: $310,000 to Media Monitoring Africa — supports healthy information ecosystems and informed citizenry in south africa.
Largest: $75,000 to FACING HISTORY AND OURSELVES — to engage students of diverse backgrounds in an examination of racism, prejudice, and antisemitism in order to promote the development of a more humane and informed citizenry.
Largest: $65,305 to Punto24 Bagimsiz Gazeteciligi Dernegi — create a better informed, more engaged citizenry by providing a physical and virtual meeting space for the exchange of ideas.
Largest: $455,000 to PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE — for vision and justice: the art of citizenship, an initiative to explore the role of visual and cultural literacy of citizenry and racial inequity in american life
Largest: $20,000 to FACING HISTORY AND OURSELVES — to support the organization's mission to engage the community in an examination of racism, prejudice, and antisemitism in order to promote the development of a more humane and info…
Largest: $30,000 to Salk Institute for Biological Studies — "general operating support". this organization's philosophy is to drive both scientific breakthroughs and inspire the next generation of elite scientists. out of that, the educatio…
Largest: $18,600 to CONCERNED CITIZENRY TO SAVE LINCOLN SCHOOL — cultural preservation for audrain county
Largest: $10,000 to SUN VALLEY POLICY FORUM INC — to support the education of citizenry on local, state, and national issues, to provide opportunities to discuss public policy and to encourage dynamic participation in our nation.
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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 →