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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 “contining”
Where the money went
Largest: $1.1M to ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC — core support for the #africanofilter initiative to promote narratives about africa that are reflective of a dynamic and evolving continent
Conrad N Hilton FoundationWestlake Village, CA
4 matching grants · $2.0M · through 2023Largest: $1.0M to BUDGIT FOUNDATION FOR PROMOTION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN NIGERIA — for continued support of the covid transparency and accountability project to engage citizens in resource tracking, improve vaccine equity, and increase awareness of the need for v…
Largest: $30,000 to ELYSIUM - BETWEEN TWO CONTINENTS INC — general tax exempt purposes
Largest: $1.0M to EAGLE - US — to conduct investigations and related law enforcement activities across the african continent.
Largest: $225,000 to THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY — environmental - community-based, landscape-scale conservation in the high divide and crown of the continent 2024
Peo Sisterhood Ca State ChapterDes Moines, IACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $535,762 · through 2024Largest: $192,236 to PEO Program for Contin Ed — education grants
Largest: $9,000 to THE FRANCISCAN FRIARS — to support and help god's people, sharing the message of reconciliation, unity and at-one-ment on three continents.
Peo Sisterhood Tx State ChapterDes Moines, IACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $344,640 · through 2024Largest: $125,337 to PEO Program for Contin Ed — education grants
Peo Sisterhood Wa State ChapterDes Moines, IACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $309,712 · through 2024Largest: $112,470 to PEO Program for Contin Ed — education grants
Largest: $200,000 to WAYAMO GGMBH — promoting justice and accountability for international crimes on the african continent
Peo Sisterhood Il State ChapterDes Moines, IACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $288,929 · through 2024Largest: $102,510 to PEO Program for Contin Education — educational grants
Largest: $13,000 to FIGBC Church — to support selected christian missionary groups for their work of spreading the salvation gospel across continents. figbc also conscientiously involves in community charities to ac…
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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 →