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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 “competency”
Where the money went
The Mass Mentoring PartnershipBoston, MACharity · may take applications
46 matching grants · $1.3M · through 2024Largest: $72,154 to BIG BROTHER BIG SISTER OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC — to start or expand youth mentoring programs according to current best practices and for purposes including advancing academic performance, self-esteem, social competence and workfo…
American Association of Colleges ofWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
30 matching grants · $1.0M · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY — american nurses foundation competency-based education award
Dream PartnershipCamp Hill, PACharity · may take applications
23 matching grants · $652,619 · through 2024Largest: $81,855 to PENN STATE UNIVERSITY (HARRISBURG) — to provide inclusive education and offer students opportunities for global perspectives, interactive learning, and personal attention, through a welcoming and safe environment, ind…
American College of Preventive MedicineWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
23 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2023Largest: $427,871 to National Board for Health & Wellness Coaching — standardize coaching competencies in support of the national diabetes prevention program
Largest: $22,500 to MARIAN MIDDLE SCHOOL — cultural competency co-pilot
Largest: $200,000 to UNITED WOMENS EAST AFRICAN SUPPORT TEAM — general operating support: to support an organization that aims to provide a pipeline of culturally competent health services, education and advocacy to improve the health and well…
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
15 matching grants · $4.4M · through 2022Largest: $500,000 to UNIVERSITE QUISQUEYA — provide general operating support to help the organization advance its mission of educating and training competent professionals with skills necessary to contribute to haiti's econ…
Largest: $100,000 to ATTIC YOUTH CENTER — renewed support to double the capacity of a culturally-competent counseling team serving philadelphia?s lgbtq youth.
John Templeton FoundationWest Conshohocken, PA
7 matching grants · $4.5M · through 2024Largest: $359,999 to PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE — black hole initiative: towards a center for interdisciplinary research, competing renewal
Largest: $300,000 to EDUCATION STRATEGY GROUP INC — to position postsecondary institutions in up to four michigan cities to compete for public funds to increase adult learner completion.
Life Science Washington InstituteSeattle, WACharity · may take applications
10 matching grants · $250,000 · through 2023Largest: $25,000 to DOCNEXUS — wa competes grant
Norwich UniversityNorthfield, VTCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $16.5M · through 2024Largest: $4.5M to VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE — for software tools to support the service's plans for command and control of the information environment; to create and manage a collaborative cybersecurity educational program wit…
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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 →