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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 “cultivate”
Where the money went
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
36 matching grants · $6.5M · through 2024Largest: $250,000 to THE POLICY ACADEMIES — provide general operating support to help organization advance its mission of cultivating a pipeline of diverse public policy researchers so that policy solutions more effectively …
Largest: $100,000 to SOCIAL GOOD FUND INC — safe return project - cultivating healing and resilience: to support formerly incarcerated and directly impacted black men in california who lead in the social justice movement to …
Largest: $181,440 to SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION — for the shanghai advanced institute of finance to cultivate the next generation of investors and fund managers through impact investing field studies in the united states and europ…
John Templeton FoundationWest Conshohocken, PA
23 matching grants · $9.0M · through 2024Largest: $684,281 to WORLD SCIENCE FOUNDATION — cultivating genius initiative
National Communication AssociationWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
17 matching grants · $247,076 · through 2024Largest: $26,350 to UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS — research cultivation grant
Largest: $249,782 to Regents of the University of California at San Diego — to support a project that will collect, isolate and identify strains of red seaweed in southern ca and potentially baja mexico that may be superior for cultivation as well as inves…
Impact Hub TrustVashon, WACharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $700,000 · through 2022Largest: $100,000 to NAAYA WELLNESS LLC — cultivate and b.l.o.o.m. social impact accelerator scholarship award
Largest: $1.8M to INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES — cultivating isc and the partnership for resilient communities leaders of color network
Largest: $440,000 to Namati Inc — to cultivate a strong global movement for legal empowerment.
Allied Media ProjectsDetroit, MICharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $1.2M · through 2022Largest: $50,000 to THE FORUM FOR URBAN DESIGN INC — the $50,000 will be used to support a new two-year fellowship program cultivating critics of color on issues of architecture, planning, development, and urbanism.
Largest: $360,000 to NATIONAL BLACK WORKER CENTER — 82509 cultivating a new generation of black worker leaders to drive transformative change toward racial and economic equity in their communities
Quad Cities Golf Classic CharitableEast Moline, ILCharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $1.8M · through 2024Largest: $767,297 to GENESEO PARK DISTRICT FOUNDATION NFP — promote and cultivate stewardship along with financial support empowering the geneseo park district to enhance the quality of life in our community by providing a positive recreati…
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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 →