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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 “civilians”
Where the money went
Largest: $125,000 to BROWN UNIVERSITY — to support costs of war's research and dissemination in support of accountability, the promotion of peace, and the protection of civilians and human rights
Largest: $200,000 to National Security Archive Fund Inc — for a study on nuclear targeting, civilian casualties, and the laws of war
Largest: $1.0M to RAND CORPORATION — to position rand corporation as a data-informed expert on veterans policy, responding to and generating ideas, and as a convener of researchers situated at think tanks and academic…
Largest: $365,000 to THE HENRY L STIMSON CENTER — protecting civilians in conflict program and atrocity prevention study group
Largest: $20,000 to CENTER FOR CIVILIANS IN CONFLICT — justice for civilian harm in somalia: making us amends policy responsive to civilian communities
Open Society Action FundNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $820,000 · through 2024Largest: $120,000 to CENTER FOR CIVILIANS IN CONFLICT — to support the grantee's advocacy on civilian protection
Largest: $7,500 to THE CIVILIANS INC — the civilians' 2025-26 r&d groups
New York City Police FoundationNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $1.3M · through 2024Largest: $351,221 to NYPD INTELLIGENCE DIVISION-GUN STOP PROGRAM — the gun stop program pays anonymous rewards to civilian who provide information to the nypd* leading to the seizure of illegal firearms.
The Garand Collectors AssociationMission, KSCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $158,875 · through 2024Largest: $57,315 to CIVILIAN MARKSMANSHIP PROGRAM — to support marksmanship training/responsible use of firearms, scholarships/marksmanship park
Largest: $500,000 to INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE INC — to support the irc as it works to mobilize resources and connect with its partners on the ground to establish a response that will provide critical support to civilians forced to f…
Largest: $200,000 to EMERGENCY USA-LIFE SUPPORT FOR CIVILIAN VICTIMS OF WAR AND POVERTY — the salam centre for cardiac surgery
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $1.0M · through 2022Largest: $936,800 to Doctors Without Borders USA Inc — general operating support, support for civilian medical care in countries impacted by famine, refugee crises, climate disasters, and war, general fund, earthquake disaster relief i…
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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 →