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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 “constellations”
Where the money went
Largest: $250,000 to CENTER FOR CULTURAL POWER — core support for the constellations cultural change fund & initiative, a three-year grassroots, practitioner-led fund at the intersection of arts, culture, and social justice, supp…
Largest: $200,000 to THE CONSTELLATION FUND — the constellation fund
Redwood Research GroupBerkeley, CACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $4.6M · through 2024Largest: $4.3M to CONSTELLATION RESEARCH CENTER INC — transfer of $4,341,360 grant to redwood restricted for use for constellation, and other assets deemed to belong to new constellation entity as part of the grant of the constellatio…
The Center for Cultural PowerOakland, CACharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $2.3M · through 2023Largest: $2.3M to AMALGAMATED CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC — general operating support grants for constellations culture change fund
Largest: $750,000 to THE CENTER FOR CULTURAL POWER — this project grant supports the constellations culture change fund and initiative.
Largest: $150,000 to CONSTELLATION FUND — unrestricted charitable gift
Largest: $100,000 to CONSTELLATION FUND — general & unrestricted
Largest: $250,063 to CONSTELLATION FUND — constellation's grant program
Largest: $1.1M to THE CONSTELLATION FUND — general operating
Largest: $25,000 to CONSTELLATION FUND — unrestricted charitable grant
Largest: $25,000 to CONSTELLATION FUND — community services
Largest: $1.4M to CONSTELLATION FUND — general charitable purpose
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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 →