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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 “comunidades”
Where the money went
Largest: $225,000 to Comunidades Organizando El Poder Y La Accion Latina COPAL Education — to expand the individual taxpayer identification numbers research to inform changes to career licensing exams.
Fondos Unidos De Puerto Rico Inc & United Way Puerto RicoSan Juan, PRCharity · may take applications
16 matching grants · $962,062 · through 2024Largest: $107,547 to ASOCIACION PRO JUVENTUD Y COMUNIDAD DE BARRIO PALMAS INC — to cover program services of participation agencias
Largest: $415,000 to ASOCIACION DE COMUNIDADES FORESTALES DE PETEN — core support to strengthen the mesoamerican alliance of peoples and forests (ampb), and project support for institutional strengthening of the ampb
Largest: $226,000 to Comunidad y Biodiversidad AC — environment and science
Largest: $9,600 to ASOCIACION MINGA PERU — educacion para la conservacion de la biodiversidad para enfrentar los efectos del cambio climatico en comunidades de la amazonia peruana/education for biodiversity conservation to …
Tides FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $619,999 · through 2023Largest: $155,000 to COMUNIDAD MAYA PIXAN IXIM REINFORCING OUR ROOTS LIVING OUR MAYA HERITAGE — healthy individuals and communities
The Minneapolis FoundationMinneapolis, MNCharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $699,264 · through 2024Largest: $167,500 to COMUNIDADES ORGANIZANDO EL PODER Y LA ACCION LATINA COPAL EDUCATION — human services
Largest: $150,000 to CLUES COMUNIDADES LATINAS UNIDAS EN SERVICIO — early childhood education and family wellness center
United Way of Massachusetts BayBoston, MACharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $248,867 · through 2024Largest: $64,492 to Nuestra Comunidad Developmen — community impact
Largest: $191,525 to CORPORACION JUVENIL PARA EL DESAROLLO DE COMUNIDADES SOSTENIBLES — pr small farmer and rancher assistance
Largest: $187,950 to ASOCIACION DE AYUDA A COMUNIDADES — rural development, food, water, education, medical care & supplies
Largest: $975,000 to Comunidad y Biodiversidad — to improve the sustainable management and climate resilience of several wff's focus fisheries in mexico and peru through the scaling of community-based solutions.
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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 →