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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.
6 funders with a record of paying for “clerkship”
Where the money went
Largest: $150,000 to Michigan State University — tribal appellate court clerkship
Largest: $50,000 to ROCHESTER BLACK BAR ASSOCIATION INC — roy w. king diversity clerkship program
The Asian American Bar Association ofNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $10,000 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to AMERICAN BAR FOUNDATION — portrait project 2.0 seeks to provide more descriptive data in two particular ways: (1) by updating the 2017 study situating asian americans in the legal profession; and (2) by stu…
Associated Medical Schools of New YorkNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $100,000 · through 2023Largest: $100,000 to CUNY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE (BRIDGE TO CLERKSHIP) — diversity in medicine
Foundation of the Monroe County BarRochester, NYCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $12,500 · through 2021Largest: $12,500 to MONROE COUNTY BAR CENTER FOR EDUCATION — diversity clerkship, deafund, sydney r. rubin mock trial competition, and health and well-being initiative.
Benwood FoundationChattanooga, TN
1 matching grant · $5,000 · through 2023Largest: $5,000 to CHATTANOOGA BAR FOUNDATION — clerkship program
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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 →