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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 “deacons”
Where the money went
Largest: $28,500 to ST PHILIP THE DEACON LUTHERAN CHURCH — general & unrestricted
The John G and Marie Stella KenedyCorpus Christi, TXCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $155,000 · through 2024Largest: $30,000 to Diocese of Amarillo - Permanent Diaconate Deacon Formation — operational support
Largest: $150,000 to HOLLAND DEACONS CONFERENCE — general operations
Largest: $2.0M to SAINT CHARLES BORROMEO SEMINARY — to support ongoing academic and pastoral programs to priests, deacons, religious and laity.
United Way of Bergen CountyParamus, NJCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $69,900 · through 2024Largest: $20,400 to ST PHILIP THE DEACON LUTHERAN CHURCH — donor designation
Largest: $100,000 to HARVARD MEDICAL FACULTY PHYS AT BETH ISRAEL DEACON — pediatric disaster medicine curriculum development
Largest: $140,000 to JPII Catholic Schools — education: match for deacon builders scholarship endowment
Largest: $150,000 to BETH ISRAEL DEACONNESS MEDICAL CENTER DIGITAL PSYCHIATRY — research project
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $2.1M · through 2022Largest: $1.5M to Wake Forest University — general operating support, wake forest men's soccer program - restricted fund, stamps scholars - sp 0739, $500.00: support for the wake forest fund - college$500.00: support for th…
Saint Paul & Minnesota FoundationSt Paul, MNCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $180,000 · through 2024Largest: $89,000 to ST PHILIP THE DEACON LUTHERAN CHURCH — multiple grants for multiple purposes
The Minneapolis FoundationMinneapolis, MNCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $112,450 · through 2024Largest: $66,150 to ST PHILIP THE DEACON LUTHERAN CHURCH — donor-advised, religion
Regional Food BankLatham, NYCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $47,966 · through 2024Largest: $20,406 to DEACON JACK SEYMOUR FOOD PANTRY ST FRANCIS OF ASSISI PARISH FP — gratitude, osp grant, rpa capicity
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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 →