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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 “creation”
Where the money went
New England Foundation for the ArtsBoston, MACharity · may take applications
819 matching grants · $17.0M · through 2024Largest: $217,656 to PRODUCER HUB INC — general operating, creation and/or presenting support
Largest: $750,000 to NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN — to renew support for the food humanities program that supports the creation and collection of oral histories as audiovisual recordings and sharing of bronx-based food stories that …
National Performance NetworkNew Orleans, LACharity · may take applications
81 matching grants · $1.3M · through 2024Largest: $43,000 to Art2Action Inc — artist engagement fund, creation and development fund and special initiatives
Largest: $175,000 to UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM — core support for the critical infrastructure lab to research and develop evidence-based policy for the creation of a more equitable digital infrastructure
Largest: $100,000 to BAS FISHER INVITATIONAL — to promote both the creation of art and the sponsorship of arts investigation and innovation in miami.
Largest: $815,000 to RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK — to support investigations of the phenomenon of polariton condensation and the creation of interacting polariton states in materials coupled with optical cavities.
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
43 matching grants · $11.4M · through 2024Largest: $299,880 to FUTURO MEDIA GROUP — enable the creation of a fully independent latinx newsroom to conduct important investigative and journalistic reporting that elevates the voices and perspectives of latinx communi…
Largest: $625,000 to High Tech High Graduate School of Education — to increase the supply of high-quality charter schools by recruiting and training diverse leaders for the new school creation fellowship and supporting them to launch new schools.
Largest: $49,999 to RUTGERS THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NJ — to provide research and technical assistance to support the creation of a robust allegheny county office of labor standards and enforcement
Largest: $102,000 to FUMA Gaskiya — women's fields-iii: refining fuma gaskiya's farmer research network approach with special emphasis on co-creation and data sharing with farmers
Largest: $101,660 to CLARK UNIVERSITY — support to study the creation of a predevelopment fund for puerto rico and provide training to staff at community development corporations. 202003-8178
Roxbury Presbyterian ChurchRoxbury, MACharity · may take applications
30 matching grants · $400,000 · through 2024Largest: $37,500 to INTERFAITH COUNSELING CENTER — assist with the creation of, training, launch and support for post-traumatic healing program
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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 →