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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 “compatible”
Where the money went
Largest: $2.5M to THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY — center for human-compatible ai
Largest: $150,000 to ST PHILLIPS SCHOOL & COMMUNITY CENTER — to enhance the lives of children and families through educational excellence, christian principles, and compatible community services.
Largest: $25,000 to YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE INC (dba BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE) — since its founding in 2006, beautiful people's mission has been to build bridges between children with disabilities and their families and the broader orange county community by pr…
Largest: $334,583 to Coastal States Stewardship Foundation — to support the northeast regional planning body and northeast regional ocean council's implementation of the ocean plan that addresses its goals of healthy oceans and coasts, effec…
Southern New Hampshire UniversityManchester, NHCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $21.5M · through 2023Largest: $21.5M to Impact ORG Inc — to support mission-compatible educational organization
Largest: $12,500 to UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY FOUNDATION — center for human-compatible ai
Future of Life InstituteNarberth, PACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $365,000 · through 2024Largest: $365,000 to BERKELEY EXISTENTIAL RISK INITIATIVE — support for collaboration with the center for human-compatible artificial intelligence (chai).
Largest: $32,830 to INQUIRING SYSTEMS INC — fiscally sponsored project, hasten regeneration for early-stage research on sinking biomass, a pathway by which carbon dioxide removal (cdr) could be compatible with sustainable de…
Conservation International FoundationArlington, VACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $232,647 · through 2024Largest: $232,647 to AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION — developing a sustainable, and biological variety-compatible value chain for cotton in northern uganda
Centre for Effective Altruism USASan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $407,000 · through 2021Largest: $407,000 to BERKELEY EXISTENTIAL RISK INSTITUTE — in support of beri's collaboration with the centre for the governance of ai, to create a library for seldonian (safe and fair) machine learning algorithms, supporting interact's wo…
Bothin FoundationSan Francisco, CA
1 matching grant · $49,300 · through 2023Largest: $49,300 to COPPERTOWER FAMILY MEDICAL CENTER INCORPORATED — upgrade technology for electronic health records compatibility
American Floral EndowmentAlexandria, VACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $27,914 · through 2024Largest: $27,914 to UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA — gloeckner - "ensuring water treatment technologies are compatible with beneficial microorganisms
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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 →