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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 “cuny”
Where the money went
Largest: $129,503 to CUNY YORK COLLEGE — cuny-cca undergraduate research program
Largest: $12,937 to Cuny Hunter College — scholarships for s. azad ($437), n. dewan ($10,000), and m. vargas ($2,500)
Largest: $390,000 to WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION — frontline columbia and cuny tow fellowships & the investigative journalist equity initiative
Largest: $50,000 to CUNY School of Professional Studies Foundation Inc — cuny sps student emergency grant
Largest: $150,000 to Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism CUNY Foundation Inc — to support the lisa goldberg/revson foundation scholars
Largest: $250,000 to CRAIG NEWMARK GRADUATE SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM CUNY FOUNDATION — to advance digital and cultural transformation of the news industry by supporting the craig newmark graduate school of journalism at cuny (city university of new york) to sustain i…
The Hunter College FoundationNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $17.6M · through 2024Largest: $4.7M to CUNY CENTRAL OFFICE - OFFICE OF UNIVERSITY CONTROLLER — cuny central office distributes the scholarships to hunter students on behalf of hunter college.
Largest: $150,000 to HILLEL INTERNATIONAL — the cuny collective: providing support for cuny hillels
Largest: $150,000 to RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK — thru cuny office of academic affairs, support tutors and staff who participate in the cuny reading rescue/reading readyinitiative
Largest: $1.0M to RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NY — to provide research experience and mentoring to promising students transferring from cuny community colleges to cuny senior colleges
Largest: $280,000 to CUNY K-16 Initiatives — career readiness
Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus LifeWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $1.4M · through 2024Largest: $300,625 to Hillel-CUNY Queens College — program grant
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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 →