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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 “decent”
Where the money went
Largest: $450,000 to UNION NETWORK INTERNATIONAL — to support global capital strategies work, including strategy on service-sector multinational companies and to foster decent working conditions where tech is impacting workers glob…
Largest: $10,000 to Habitat for Humanity Lake County — to provide simple, decent and affordable homes that hard-working, low-income families can own.
Pickens Co Community Resource AssocJasper, GACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $105,500 · through 2025Largest: $45,000 to Habitat for Humanity — fund & build simple, decent, affordable housing for people in need
Largest: $500,000 to CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA — nubian vault decent housing in cote d'ivoire project
Habitat for Humanity of OmahaOmaha, NECharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $556,000 · through 2024Largest: $206,000 to HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL — habitat omaha tithes or makes grants to habitat interntional (hfhi) based on hfhl's annual list of high-priority international habitat affiliates' funding needs for simple, decent …
Avocet FoundationMinneapolis, MN
4 matching grants · $40,000 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to ST CROIX VALLEY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY — to create opportunities for all people to live in decent,durable shelter.
Conrad N Hilton FoundationWestlake Village, CA
3 matching grants · $387,500 · through 2024Largest: $225,000 to CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA — for fundacion monte de piedad, i.a.p., a project of charities aid foundation america, to support their employer engagement efforts in mexico city and advocacy around an evidence-ba…
Largest: $150,000 to HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF EASTERN CT INC — to work in partnership with thousands of suffolk county volunteers and responsible, low-moderate income families of all races, religions, and creeds to build and renovate homes so …
Tiny Blue DotWest Hollywood, CA
2 matching grants · $374,995 · through 2024Largest: $299,996 to University of Oregon — grant supports a science of perception box study being conducted by university of oregon titled "neural and psychological evidence to shift mindsets from "me" to "we" using a scala…
Largest: $2,500 to HABITAT FOR HUMANITY — supporting a global nonprofit housing organization to fulfill the vision of a world where everyone has a decent place to live. partnering with people in local communities to help b…
Largest: $270,000 to Habitat for Humanity — habitat for humanity of greater sacramento is dedicated to eliminating substandard housing locally and worldwide through constructing, rehabilitating and preserving homes; by advoc…
David Kelby JohnsonSalt Lake City, UT
3 matching grants · $40,000 · through 2024Largest: $33,000 to Living Aging with Pride — to improve quality of life by providing decent, safe, affordable housing, focusing on low- and very-low-income individuals and families.
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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 →