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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 “critical”
Where the money went
Speedway Children'S CharitiesConcord, NCCharity · may take applications
192 matching grants · $3.0M · through 2024Largest: $140,000 to ATRIUM HEALTH FOUNDATION — critical needs
Largest: $250,000 to ALLIED MEDIA PROJECTS INC — core support for the critical minded initiative to engage in research and grantmaking to increase resources for, and representation of, critics of color in cultural discourse in th…
Texas State Affordable HousingAustin, TXCharity · may take applications
104 matching grants · $2.2M · through 2023Largest: $55,000 to LAREDO WEBB NHSC (NEIGHBORWORKS LAREDO) — critical home repair
Allied Media ProjectsDetroit, MICharity · may take applications
57 matching grants · $2.7M · through 2024Largest: $19,750 to GENRE URBAN ARTS LLC — the grant for $19,750 from critical minded will support genre urban arts: revolutionary art criticismresidency to provide participants resources that help them: 1) decolonize art s…
Largest: $325,000 to STATE POWER FUND DBA WE MAKE THE FUTURE — 79978 using messaging research on critical issues to advance clear, cohesive local and national narratives that promote equitable and just communities
John Burton Advocates for YouthSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
71 matching grants · $532,000 · through 2024Largest: $12,000 to Foothill College FHDA — critical needs for foster youth
Largest: $900,000 to THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY — critically ill
Largest: $29,000 to UPPER PINE RIVER FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT — scholarship for critical care nurse training/certification
Largest: $150,000 to ALLIED MEDIA PROJECTS — to support critical minded, a project of the grantee, in their work to expand the field of cultural critics of color
Americans Helping AmericansAlexandria, VACharity · may take applications
44 matching grants · $1.2M · through 2024Largest: $97,568 to CUMBERLAND MOUNTAIN OUTREACH — critical needs
Largest: $2.5M to INATURALIST — to enable inaturalist to realize its potential as a global scientific and conservation sensor by 2030, harnessing data from its user community and optimizing advances in ai to info…
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
29 matching grants · $11.4M · through 2024Largest: $500,000 to Nobel Prize Education Fund — to pilot the global program for scientific critical thinking
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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 →