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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 “could”
Where the money went
Maryland Association of Non-ProfitBaltimore, MDCharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $254,000 · through 2023Largest: $55,000 to FUSION PARTNERSHIPS — each organization was a part of the cohort and each one was assessed in specific areas pertaining to governance and management based on standard for excellence guidelines. the fund…
Largest: $59,348 to MARINIC A DIACONU — to pay the medical bills of an indigent person who otherwise could not afford their treatment
Largest: $36,970 to LYNNE PEEPLES — to support the research and writing of its time: our broken clocks, our threatened health, and the scientific revolution that could reset us all, published by riverhead books and b…
IndiespaceAstoria, NYCharity · may take applications
10 matching grants · $100,700 · through 2025Largest: $10,100 to NEW PERSPECTIVES THEATRE COMPANY — little venue that could grant
Allied Media ProjectsDetroit, MICharity · may take applications
12 matching grants · $120,000 · through 2022Largest: $10,000 to GREATER DAYTON UNION COOP INITIATIVE — we have invited formation, a formation of folks who have ongoing work using emergent strategy, to submit a short proposal sharing a bit about your work and how emergent strategy co…
Occidental CollegeLos Angeles, CACharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $576,625 · through 2023Largest: $149,875 to CLEAN WATER FUND — assist with leadership and decision making as a regional representative of the moving forward network advisory board. assist in convening the monthly regional meetings for organiza…
Largest: $200,000 to DEMOS A NETWK FOR IDEAS & ACTION — 80814 studying state public-banking proposals to determine whether and how they could reduce the racial wealth gap in communities of color
Largest: $2.0M to Broad Institute Inc — in support of efforts to enhance a game-based simulation of a global pandemic and develop associated educational interventions, including use scenarios that could help mitigate the…
Largest: $1.0M to CHICAGO PUBLIC MEDIA INC — to support the post-acquisition transition of the chicago sun-times into chicago public media, in order to support chicago media and learn from a unique model that could potentiall…
Largest: $630,000 to NATIONAL CHILD PROTECTION TASK FORCE — the national child protection task force was founded to bring together talented people who could provide investigative expertise and resources that are unavailable or under-funded …
Largest: $295,920 to REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN — support for research to identify trauma-informed practices that could improve the quality of inclusive entrepreneurial support services. 202204-12292
Largest: $65,000 to INNOCENCE PROJECT — assist prisoners who could be proven innocent through dna testing
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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 →