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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 “curricular”
Where the money went
Largest: $1.1M to SOVEREIGN EQUITY FUND — to support bridging native community knowledge about indigenous foodways with curricular and extracurricular efforts to build humanities and native american and indigenous studies …
Largest: $2,500 to St Thomas Playhouse — tuition for extra-curricular programs.
Largest: $10,000 to Elementz — extra-curricular arts-enhancement programs for cps students.
Largest: $13,850 to Midwest Youth Services — support extra-curricular activities for children
Bless Our ChildrenCincinnati, OHCharity · may take applications
12 matching grants · $201,136 · through 2023Largest: $41,664 to LaSalle High School — payments were made to various youth organizations to enhance their extra-curricular activities supporting athletic, spiritual, moral and educational programs. religious educational…
Largest: $192,206 to AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR ENGINEERING EDUCATION — to support the integration of engineering for one planet learning outcomes in diverse engineering courses and programs by supporting faculty curricular development efforts
Largest: $286,200 to NORTHERN STAGE COMPANY — bridgeup theater in the schools grantpurpose: "changing the lives of students in vermont and new hampshire", to support student and family matinee scholarships and to increase thea…
Largest: $12,500 to COMMUNITY SCHOOL — funding for educational scholarships and curricular enhancements
Largest: $500,000 to National Association of System Heads — designing and piloting solutions to address curricular flexibility
Largest: $8,000 to JAPAN SOCIETY — educational programs contribution is for continued support of the following education programs in 2014: about japan:a teacher's resource website (for educators where curricular mat…
Largest: $210,000 to TOWN SCHOOL FOR BOYS — support curricular initiatives
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
3 matching grants · $2.0M · through 2022Largest: $945,208 to FONDATION CONNAISSANCE ET LIBERTE FONDASYON KONESANS AK LIBETE FOKAL — strengthen education in haiti and facilitate access to quality and culturally relevant education by creating an education fund focused on system research, innovation, governance an…
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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 →