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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 “completion”
Where the money went
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
58 matching grants · $15.0M · through 2023Largest: $100,000 to Partnership for College Completion — in support of the partnership for college completion illinois equity in degree completion initiative, from the searle funds at the chicago community trust.
Largest: $5,000 to ZECHARIAH WOOD — to support the students goal of completing college with scholarship money
Largest: $410,000 to THURGOOD MARSHALL COLLEGE FUND INC — this grant will support the thurgood marshall college fund/delaware state university joint center for hbcu non-traditional completion to work with other hbcus to recruit, re-enroll…
Largest: $5,000 to AMMARI TAMANI — financial assistance to complete cosmetology education
Largest: $198,168 to MDRC — to evaluate the effectiveness of development course referral using multiple measures assessment on successful gateway course completion and on degree completion or transfer to a fo…
Largest: $200,000 to Partnership for College Completion — to support the partnership for college completion's efforts to the educate the public about state-level policies that increase postsecondary attainment and improve outcomes for bla…
Largest: $750,000 to THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK — to continue to support collaborative academic research and the expansion of institutional structures that enable current and formerly incarcerated students to complete aa and ba pr…
Largest: $502,216 to COMPLETE COLLEGE AMERICA INC — research and learning opportunities
Largest: $220,000 to RIVERLIFE — for the completing the loop vision plan, a ten-year plan to complete, enhance, and expand pittsburghs 15-mile, 1,050-acre loop of interconnected riverfront parks, trails, and publi…
Largest: $10.0M to Arkansas Department of Parks Heritage and Tourism — to support the completion of the delta heritage trail as more fully described in the delta heritage trail master plan dated april 2019 and in the updated extension budget dated oct…
Largest: $30,000 to HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEW JERSEY — completed homes - 75, 73, 77 and 79 thorntown lane, bordentown, burlington county ($2,500 each) and completed homes - 613 and 614 clinton ave, camden, camden county ($10,000 each)
Largest: $125,000 to University of Southern California — support child health/well-being journalists completing fellowship program
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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 →