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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 “computing”
Where the money went
Largest: $80,000 to UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON — computation-through-dynamics as a framework to link brain and behavior; dynamical computation in populations -- analysis and theory
Largest: $249,978 to FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION — to study curricular terminology in computer science departments with a focus on minority-serving institutions, and its alignment with computing-related job opportunities
CodeorgSeattle, WACharity · may take applications
167 matching grants · $5.6M · through 2024Largest: $88,500 to TEXAS ADVANCED COMPUTING CENTER (AUSTIN) — grantee to provide professional development and community building for k-12 teachers using the code.org curriculum and professional development model. funding 2023-2024 code.org co…
The Hyde and Watson FoundationWarren Township, NJ
242 matching grants · $2.3M · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to AECI II NYC CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR COMPUTER ENGINEERING AND INNOVATION — purchase of classroom furnishings.
Largest: $508,005 to Julia Computing Inc — in support of enhancing the julia software ecosystem and its core underlying open-source technologies to accelerate scientific discovery through computation.
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
27 matching grants · $2.7M · through 2024Largest: $160,000 to Yejin Choi — macarthur foundation fellow award - computer scientist
Largest: $3,500 to DAVID BAGHDADY — 2025 alexander fraser computer science/technology scholarship: encourage students in field of computer sciences
Largest: $16,640 to THE MIAMI FOUNDATION — to advance journalistic excellence and increase connections between newsrooms and their digital teams and academia -- from computational social scientists to data journalism schola…
Largest: $25,934 to Mykaylah Thomas — scholarship - 2023 computer laptop recipient + 2022 distinguished scholar
Mozilla FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
21 matching grants · $1.9M · through 2024Largest: $175,000 to WOMEN'S MARCH NETWORK — project support to integrate responsible computing and ethics.
Largest: $6.0M to MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY — research related to ai and computing trends and impacts
Largest: $634,000 to CHILDREN FIRST FUND THE CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION — cps computer science after-school clubs
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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 →