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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 “contacted”
Where the money went
Largest: $10,765 to PENNCO TECH FOR IRIS JOSE ZUNIGA — scholarship granted. note that in order to protect the privacy of the student, personal information is not provided. individual can be contacted through the fund. all disbursements…
The Mental Health Association of New YorkNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
11 matching grants · $16.8M · through 2024Largest: $4.6M to CONTACT CARE LINE INC — lifeline services
Pa Alliance ActionPhiladelphia, PACharity · may take applications
14 matching grants · $1.5M · through 2023Largest: $450,000 to For Our Future Action Fund — to support the organization's voter contact program for the 2022 general election cycle.
Ohio Progressive CollaborativeColumbus, OHCharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $5.8M · through 2024Largest: $1.7M to Forward Action Fund — voter contact programs
Ohio Progressive Collaborative Education FundColumbus, OHCharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $4.0M · through 2024Largest: $2.6M to Ohio Organizing Collaborative — voter contact programs
Largest: $15,000 to CONTACT OF OCEAN & MONMOUTH COUNTIES — contact's 24-hr crisis intervention and information/referral hotlines
Community Foundation of North Texas (TaxFort Worth, TXCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $800,000 · through 2023Largest: $200,000 to UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION — to support research programs in dr. don w. cleveland's lab. rainwater prize award - no indirects are to be taken from this grant. contact - marlene shaver - mshaver@ucsd.edu
Largest: $10,313 to CONTACT HUNTINGTON INC — implement three capacity building projects. first, contact will identify four staff members who will attend the virtual international human trafficking conference. attendees will s…
Waianae Distr Comprehensive Health &Waianae, HICharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $921,619 · through 2022Largest: $263,537 to HAMAKUA HEALTH CENTER — providing outreach and support to covid-19 patients, including connecting to telemedicine healthcare services, social services and contact tracing. engaging with community members,…
Largest: $126,000 to BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF MA FDN FOR EXP — 79831 supporting the health coverage fellowship in providing journalists with the skills and contacts they need to cover critical health issues, 2022-2023
Largest: $2,500 to CONTACT OF OCEAN & MONMOUTH COUNTIES — general operating/flexible support for contact of ocean and monmouth counties' 24-hour crisis hotline service
International Sustainable Energy FoundatAustin, TXCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $1.2M · through 2023Largest: $320,128 to World Resources Institute — grants were provided and expenses were incurred for green governance (policy), public diplomacy & legal to support projects that focus on governmental/provincial sustainability pol…
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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 →