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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 “creator”
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…
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.
Talkisrael FoundationEncino, CACharity · may take applications
11 matching grants · $577,750 · through 2024Largest: $200,000 to CENTRAL FUND OF ISRAEL — programming to empower teens and content creators to positively change the conversation about israel on social media.
Largest: $2.0M to JOB CREATORS NETWORK FOUNDATION — assist in bringing together job creators to ensure america's economic success.
Largest: $50,000 to URBAN CREATORS — community food education and neighborhood marketplace providing free resources
Largest: $37,500 to CULTURESOURCE — implementation of creators of culture
Largest: $30,000 to POWRPLNT INC — core support for its young creators supporting program, which is comprised of five specific youth initiatives such as artist in residencies, various workshop series, legal training…
Largest: $500,000 to INDIANA UNIVERSITYPURDUE UNIVERSITY INDIANAPOLIS — to support residencies for diverse scholars and creators engaged in constructing humanistic narratives
Largest: $2.0M to JOB CREATORS NETWORK FOUNDATION — to support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
Largest: $810,000 to HAWAII INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL — 82065 supporting the production of the makawalu film to raise awareness and build skills of native hawaiian-driven creators, talent, stories, and films
Donors TrustAlexandria, VACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $1.8M · through 2024Largest: $1.0M to Job Creators Network Foundation — for general operations
Largest: $325,210 to WE ARE CULTURE CREATORS — fund music education
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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 →