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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 “debt”
Where the money went
Largest: $140,000 to SHARED ASCENT FUND — support for research and debt cancellation outreach by the student borrower protection center on student debt in southern states
Largest: $620,737 to DEBT JUSTICE — to support debt relief efforts to benefit developing countries by mobilizing private creditors and full g20 countries participation in debt restructuring efforts that increase liqu…
Largest: $347,681 to COMMUNITY CATALYST INC — to assess current approaches for limiting medical debt and analyze new potential policies for medical debt prevention.
Largest: $269,552 to UNDUE MEDICAL DEBT — to purchase hospital and provider medical debt owed by residents of eastern massachusetts under 400% of the federal poverty level and/or where the patient debt is more than 5% of t…
Largest: $6,928 to LYNDEN BLAKE - AIDVANTAGE — education debt assistance
Largest: $33,191 to BIPARTISAN POLICY CENTER — to develop a research paper examining how the burden of student debt in the u.s. impacts students and government finances, and policy options for the federal student loan program.
Largest: $270,000 to SUSTAINABLE MARKETS FOUNDATION — 82421 supporting the debt collective in addressing the medical debt crisis and its impact on patients, workers, and communities
Largest: $200,000 to AFRICAN FORUM AND NETWORK ON DEBT AND DEVELOPMENT — to democratize the debt discourse in the global south for fair and accountable debt architecture
Legacy Traditional School - Casa GrandeChandler, AZCharity · may take applications
11 matching grants · $2.7M · through 2024Largest: $500,000 to LEGACY TRADITIONAL SCHOOL - SAN TAN — debt forgiveness
The San Francisco FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
10 matching grants · $8.5M · through 2023Largest: $2.5M to MAIN STREET LAUNCH — program - main street launch will use this grant to provide san francisco african american revolving loan fund loan recipients with full debt relief, and redeploy new and recapture…
Legacy Traditional School - PhoenixChandler, AZCharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $3.7M · through 2024Largest: $950,000 to LEGACY TRADITIONAL SCHOOL - SAN TAN — debt forgiveness
Largest: $25,000 to DEPT OF ED MONELA — student loan debt reduction
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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 →