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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 “content”
Where the money went
Digital Promise GlobalWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
105 matching grants · $14.1M · through 2024Largest: $822,000 to HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT — to provide teachers and students in u.s. middle/high schools with always-available access to technology and empowers them to be content creators, adept problem-solvers, and respons…
Oklahoma Humanities CouncilEdmond, OKCharity · may take applications
77 matching grants · $817,426 · through 2024Largest: $40,000 to Oklahoma Historical Society — provide humanities content
Largest: $150,000 to CENTRO DE PERIODISMO INVESTIGATIVO — to improve access to independent, educational journalistic content for residents of puerto rico and the puerto rican diaspora communities in the continental united states by improv…
Largest: $250,000 to GPX FOUNDATION — for support for content production and training to combat the racial wealth gap via educational content, peer learning, and mentorship to equip emerging fund managers with the know…
Largest: $675,000 to PROJECT HOPE THE PEOPLE TO PEOPLE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC — 81764 diversifying health services scholarship, strengthening health equity scholarship, and expanding health affairs' equity-related content, 2024-2025
Largest: $475,000 to DAWNING LLC — to create compelling visual content, based on rigorous social science research, telling the stories of civil society using the international justice system to hold power accountabl…
Largest: $615,903 to THE REGENTS OF THE UNI OF CALIFORNIA -SANTA BARB — for implementation research on deeper learning course content in teacher education
Allied Media ProjectsDetroit, MICharity · may take applications
10 matching grants · $140,000 · through 2022Largest: $16,750 to WE WANT GREEN TOO — a. work directly with mejc and other energy democracy partners to develop and share an energy democracy narrative b. attend three core meetings about energy justice and democracy c…
Largest: $2.3M to Foundation-Administered Projects-Direct Charitable Activities — to expand access to high-quality afterschool programming by distributing educational content through a multi-platform application.
Largest: $650,000 to ROBERT W WOODRUFF LIBRARY OF THE ATLANTA UNIVERSITY CENTER INC — to support an enhancement of institutional digital infrastructure that would expand the library's preservation of, and access to, african american studies archival content and scho…
Largest: $105,000 to UNIVERSITY OF EXETER — to support research into misinformation and harmful content within the mastodon ecosystem to protect users including marginalised communities, by evaluating the effectiveness of di…
Pipeline Arts FoundationGreenwood Village, CO
15 matching grants · $236,000 · through 2024Largest: $40,000 to THE NEW GROUP — grants to support creators of new musical theatre content.
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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 →