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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 “compassionate”
Where the money went
Pink AidWestport, CTCharity · may take applications
105 matching grants · $2.5M · through 2024Largest: $60,000 to ADELPHI BREAST CANCER PROGRAM — compassionate care to support breast cancer patients
Largest: $5,000 to REGIS COLLEGE — compassionate leadership scholarship
Hope of the WorldLodi, NJCharity · may take applications
14 matching grants · $445,232 · through 2024Largest: $56,564 to UR MORE — funding growth of compassionate initiatives.
Largest: $200,000 to UPAYA INSTITUE AND ZEN CENTER — upaya zen center is model of socially engaged buddhism. it brings together many projects focused on social transformation, including work in prisons, end-of-life care, serving the …
Largest: $8,000 to CHILDREN'S HOME OF EASTON — for purpose of compassionate care fd
Largest: $3,000 to FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER CENTER — unites innovative research and compassionate care to prevent and eliminate cancer and infectious disease
Bartlesville Community FoundationBartlesville, OKCharity · may take applications
10 matching grants · $192,937 · through 2024Largest: $47,975 to CONCERN — the mission of churches united for community concern is to provide compassionate support to individuals and families needing assistance.
Conrad N Hilton FoundationWestlake Village, CA
7 matching grants · $2.5M · through 2024Largest: $900,000 to NATIONAL CENTER FOR YOUTH LAW — to support the compassionate ed systems and collaborative responses to commercial sexual exploitation initiative to transform county-wide systems and improve experiences/outcomes o…
Weisman FoundationSan Francisco, CA
8 matching grants · $13,800 · through 2025Largest: $3,500 to Temple Emanu-El — to advance our members' lifelong involvement in judaism, engaging them in communal prayer (avodah), the study of sacred texts (torah), and the performance of compassionate deeds (g…
Archstone FoundationNewport Beach, CA
8 matching grants · $136,494 · through 2023Largest: $1,000 to COALITION FOR COMPASSIONATE CARE OF CALIFORNIA — to provide general conference support for coalition for compassionate care of california 's 12th annual summit, sharpening our vision for compassionate care in the face of serious …
Largest: $30,000 to BRIGHAM & WOMENS HOSPITAL — to maintain and restore health through leadership in compassionate care, scientific discovery and education.
Georgia Alzheimer'S FoundationSaint Simons Island, GACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $945,000 · through 2025Largest: $365,000 to Goizueta Alzheimer's Disease Research — to improve the lives of individuals affected by alzheimers and related diseases through innovative research, education and compassionate care.
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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 →