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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 “collaboratory”
Where the money went
Upstart Bay AreaOakland, CACharity · may take applications
11 matching grants · $183,625 · through 2021Largest: $23,000 to JUMPSTART LABS INC — collaboratory challenge grant
Largest: $1.1M to RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK — a collaboratory for a regenerative economy (core): molecules to neighborhoods: safer chemicals & materials for the renewable energy economy
Largest: $165,000 to UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH — to support the collaboratory for water research, education, and outreach
Arizona State University Foundation forTempe, AZCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $438,608 · through 2024Largest: $150,000 to RESEARCH COLLABORATORY AT ASU — program support
Health Resources in ActionBoston, MACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $150,000 · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to DC CENTRAL KITCHEN — hunger to health operations, hunger to health collaboratory, unrestricted
Largest: $100,000 to COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — to support the general operations of the collaboratory.
Largest: $643,512 to EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC — national collaboratory to address elder mistreatment phase iv: integrating elder mistreatment prevention and intervention in mainstream health and social care
Largest: $15,000 to ALBANY COLLEGE OF PHARMACY AND HEALTH SCIENCES — the collaboratory
Largest: $60,000 to MID ATLANTIC GIGABIT INNOVATION COLLABORATORY INC — to fund magic cybersecurity program support & the westminster aric project
Largest: $125,000 to YOUTH COLLABORATORY INC — youth collaboratory national yeh grant
Largest: $150,000 to UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH — pittsburgh water collaboratory
Largest: $50,000 to CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY — collaboratory against hate
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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 →