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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 “compelling”
Where the money went
Lilly EndowmentIndianapolis, IN
213 matching grants · $184.9M · through 2025Largest: $6.5M to CALVIN UNIVERSITY — compelling preaching initiative
Calvin UniversityGrand Rapids, MICharity · may take applications
18 matching grants · $255,057 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to VILLAGE BAPTIST CHURCH — compelling preaching
Largest: $6,911 to NEW YORK U ARTHUR L CARTER JOURNALISM IN — 76179 supporting the science communication workshops to help scientists reach mass audiences with compelling, true accounts of the scientific enterprise
Largest: $1.0M to ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE — toward the costs of strengthening the capacity of economic analysis and research network (earn) groups in key states to advance a compelling worker-centered agenda rooted in racial…
Largest: $3.3M to SCIENCE COMMUNICATION LAB INC — in support of a research-practice collaboration that spans the development of a compelling science documentary and the research on audience impact to provide new insights for effec…
The Tom and Mayumi Adams FamilyHuntington Beach, CA
3 matching grants · $1.8M · through 2024Largest: $600,000 to Hoag Hospital Foundation — to educate,empower and create greator opportunity for at-risk children to become independent,productive and contributing members of society.to support medical research and technolo…
Largest: $125,000 to COMPELLED — medical ministry in india
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
3 matching grants · $1.4M · through 2022Largest: $581,820 to COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MISSISSIPPI — expand reporting and investigative journalism through building capacity, training, and networking of traditional and emerging newsrooms in mississippi on how to collect, report, an…
Largest: $150,000 to CLARITY EDUCATIONAL PRODUCTIONS INC — for post-production and the impact campaign for the feature documentary film "democracy noir," the compelling story of three women confronting the policies and corruption in hungar…
Largest: $200,000 to CHILDREN'S RIGHTS — renewed support of class action litigation center seeking to compel new york to provide medicaid-eligible children with the community-based mental and behavioral health services th…
The McCourt FoundationSouth Boston, MACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $46,130 · through 2024Largest: $15,513 to THE BOSTON HOME — we seek to make a compelling difference in the lives of adults with advanced multiple sclerosis and other progressive neurological conditions.
Largest: $150,000 to THE SHALOM HARTMAN INSTITUTE — to strengthen jewish peoplehood, identity, and pluralism; to enhance the jewish and democratic character of israel; and to ensure that judaism is a compelling force for good in the…
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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 →