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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 “concept”
Where the money went
Largest: $1.1M to California Institute of Technology — in support of the development of a potential breakthrough solution to the issue of high energy costs as both a barrier to sustainable economic development and a driver of ecosystem…
Largest: $500,000 to TRINITY COLLEGE — to support a call for concepts research project
NextcorpsRochester, NYCharity · may take applications
31 matching grants · $775,000 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to MYRETREAT INC — assist start-up with funding after proof-of-concept stage has been achieved in order to reach commercial success in recognized innovation zones
Largest: $55,000 to IMMACULATE CONCEPTION SCHOOL — tuition assistance
Largest: $25,000 to Piper Hill — the bret adams & paul reisch foundation supports expansive artworks with inherently theatrical ways of illuminating big ideas and concepts.
Largest: $100,000 to YOUNG MEN & WOMENS HEBREW ASSN & IRENE KAUFMANN CENTERS — to grow the center for loving kindness platform that strengthens the fabric of community and redefines the concept of neighbor from geographic term to moral concept
The US Charitable Gift TrustBoston, MACharity · may take applications
15 matching grants · $272,396 · through 2024Largest: $55,225 to Immaculate Conception Church — for recipient's exempt purpose
The John G and Marie Stella KenedyCorpus Christi, TXCharity · may take applications
14 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2024Largest: $118,000 to Immaculate Conception School - Rio Grande City — repairs and operations
Largest: $49,838 to MILKEN INST SCH OF PUB HLT AT GEORGE WAS — 76670 building on the rwjf-funded study on the importance of the concept of social mission to nursing education programs
The Catholic Foundation for theCedar Rapids, IACharity · may take applications
11 matching grants · $223,682 · through 2024Largest: $25,638 to Immaculate Conception Church — to provide funds solely to support the educational programs of immaculate conception church, gilbertville, ia
Liberty Hill FoundationLos Angeles, CACharity · may take applications
14 matching grants · $284,476 · through 2023Largest: $133,876 to STRATEGIC CONCEPTS IN ORG — multiple grants: to support ongoing advocacy and organizing to phase out oil drilling and relevant amortization processes as part of the stand la coalition; to support the canvassi…
Catholic Schools FoundationBoston, MACharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $1.4M · through 2024Largest: $398,630 to IMMACULATE CONCEPTION SCHOOL REVERE — scholarship support
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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 →