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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 “citizenship”
Where the money went
Largest: $4,131 to Anoushka Mongia — fellowship (global citizenship learning) 2023 gcc in chile.
Catholic Legal Immigration NetworkSilver Spring, MDCharity · may take applications
54 matching grants · $4.6M · through 2024Largest: $62,500 to CITIZENSHIP PROJECT — increase the number of people who apply for and obtain united states citizenship through naturalization and establish a citizenship collaborative in nac funded communities
Asian Americans Advancing JusticeLos Angeles, CACharity · may take applications
64 matching grants · $2.3M · through 2024Largest: $227,761 to KOREAN COMMUNITY SERVICES — immigration and citizenship legal support
National Partnership for New AmericansChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
36 matching grants · $1.4M · through 2025Largest: $200,000 to HOUSTON IMMIGRANT LEGAL SERVICES COLLABORATIVE — full citizenship
Largest: $10,000 to Unidos Por La Musica — local corporate citizenship program
Largest: $710,000 to National Partnership for New Americans — program support to expand citizenship outreach services and to strengthen city-county public infrastructures that promote citizenship in greater houston
Community Foundation of the Napa ValleyNapa, CACharity · may take applications
24 matching grants · $883,604 · through 2024Largest: $135,500 to IMMIGRATION INSTITUTE OF THE BAY AREA — for participation in the citizenship legal services (cls) collaborative that is part of napa valley community foundation's one napa valley initiative. this grant covers the period …
Jewish Federation AssociationHartford, CTCharity · may take applications
21 matching grants · $338,850 · through 2023Largest: $116,373 to JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF GREENWICH — citizenship rap
Houston Immigration Legal ServicescollabHouston, TXCharity · may take applications
14 matching grants · $874,164 · through 2025Largest: $170,514 to Boat People SOS Inc — hotline, healthcare, citizenship
Largest: $491,284 to JANAAGRAHA CENTRE FOR CITIZENSHIP AND DEMOCRACY — core support to strengthen systemic initiatives for womens leadership and gender responsive development in urban areas through research and capacity building efforts and technical …
Largest: $171,300 to University of Nairobi — for transregional research on decentralization, inclusive citizenship and governing elites in africa and the arab region
Largest: $207,000 to UNITED WE DREAM NETWORK — for the fund's 70th anniversary; to protect undocumented youth and expand legal pathways to citizenship.
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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 →