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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 “custodial”
Where the money went
Legal Aid SocietyLouisville, KYCharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $169,333 · through 2024Largest: $90,582 to LEGAL AID OF THE BLUEGRASS — to create a coordinated, statewide hotline for individuals to seek custody & visitation advice. in addition to the custody hotline the money was to fund a client management system.
The Community Foundation ofLouisville, KYCharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $708,566 · through 2024Largest: $380,000 to NEW PATHWAYS FOR CHILDREN INC — p70 residential custodial care (group home)
Largest: $100,000 to NATIONAL CENTER FOR YOUTH LAW — for advocacy and litigation on behalf of children with disabilities in federal immigration custody
The Artemisia FundSherman Oaks, CA
4 matching grants · $40,000 · through 2025Largest: $10,000 to GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL — to support mission of expanding research and training surrounding family law protecting children in custody cases
Largest: $312,601 to NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES — to conduct a study on the handling of deaths in custody by the medicolegal death investigation system in the united states and study-related concerns with medical death investigati…
Largest: $172,000 to Think of Us — support fwsg system reform work in oklahoma by better understanding families who relinquish custody of youth to child welfare
United Way of Southwest AlabamaMobile, ALCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $99,877 · through 2024Largest: $30,000 to MULHERIN CUSTODIAL HOME — program operating cost
The Community Foundation of LouisvilleLouisville, KYCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $67,013 · through 2024Largest: $23,863 to FATHER MALONEY'S BOYS' HAVEN INC — p70 residential custodial care (group home)
L John & Deborah ArbizzaniSaint Augustine, FL
5 matching grants · $15,000 · through 2025Largest: $5,000 to MULHERIN CUSTODIAL HOME — support for mental/developmental dis
Jackson County Community Children'SKansas City, MOCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $717,392 · through 2023Largest: $271,688 to JACKSON COUNTY CASA — supportive services to assist children in state custody to achieve safe placement
North Carolina Bar FoundationCary, NCCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $38,732 · through 2023Largest: $10,000 to COUNCIL FOR CHILDREN'S RIGHTS — mental health, custody advocacy, defense team
Largest: $3,250 to MID-COAST FAMILY SERVICES — financial support for benefit of children of domestic violence that have been placed in the care, control, or custody of children's protective services.
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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 →