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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 “complex”
Where the money went
Largest: $78,152 to UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN — non-archimedean methods in the study of complex degenerations
Largest: $130,523 to CAMDEN COAL OF HLTCARE PROVIDERS — 79073 developing a structured curriculum to train complex-care providers to effectively serve individuals with complex health and social needs
Finger Lakes Performing Provider SystemRochester, NYCharity · may take applications
17 matching grants · $6.8M · through 2024Largest: $1.1M to MONROE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL — address barriers to discharge complex care patients
Largest: $1.0M to ALLIANCE FOR OPEN SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL INC — core support for the ukraine democracy fund to address immediate widespread human suffering resulting from instability and violence, amidst the countrys ongoing complex humanitaria…
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
15 matching grants · $4.3M · through 2022Largest: $77,500 to Heartland Community College Foundation — support for equipment, recruitment & retention. support of the agriculture complex. support for compeer financial scholarships (2 at $1,250 each)
Largest: $370,000 to University of Minnesota Foundation — to support the center for urban and regional affairs community programs to nourish an ecosystem for reparative policy change through data, research, organizing, and leadership deve…
Largest: $450,000 to Board of Regents of the Univ of Wisconsin System — in support of scientific research by dr. chang-beom eom aiming to control stoichiometry and point defects in complex oxide epitaxial thin film materials and heterostructure interfa…
John Templeton FoundationWest Conshohocken, PA
12 matching grants · $2.4M · through 2024Largest: $550,000 to TRUSTEES OF PURDUE UNIVERSITY — the energetic costs of complexity and new genes in cell evolution
California Healthcare FoundationOakland, CACharity · may take applications
10 matching grants · $1.9M · through 2024Largest: $751,041 to EVITARUS INC — birthright podcast impact research; opinion research project; consultation: policy opportunities and community partnerships; abfe conference reception; planning for phase 3: listen…
Largest: $9.0M to WYO COMPLEX — wyo sports ranch
William & Mary FoundationWilliamsburg, VACharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $15.1M · through 2024Largest: $5.8M to WILLIAM & MARY — athletic complex fund
Largest: $625,000 to HEBREW SENIORLIFE INC — to support the development of an affordable housing complex for older adults.
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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 →