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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 “decision”
Where the money went
Largest: $245,394 to JUSTICE SYSTEM PARTNERS — to conduct research to understand drivers of prosecutorial decision-making across key decision points.
Largest: $1.2M to Johns Hopkins U — 78128 studying diverse communities' decision-makin
Largest: $15,000 to SOCIETY FOR MEDICAL DECISION MAKING INC — to support the society for medical decision making's smdm 2022 conference.
Conrad N Hilton FoundationWestlake Village, CA
33 matching grants · $20.8M · through 2024Largest: $2.0M to HARVARD UNIVERSITY — to translate the newest scientific findings on prenatal to 3 child development into common language that can be understood and used by decision-makers and the public to better supp…
Largest: $300,000 to NATIONAL IMMIGRATION LAW CENTER — promoting immigrant justice and health in california: to increase access among low-income immigrants to health care and other services, and build the capacity of california service…
Largest: $250,000 to Georgetown University — to support georgetown university's edunomics lab, a research center dedicated to helping states and districts address complex finance decisions and informing the national discourse…
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
29 matching grants · $7.6M · through 2022Largest: $500,000 to URBAN INSTITUTE — enable the organization to achieve its mission to open minds, shape decisions, and offer practical solutions to the nation's social and economic policy challenges through evidence-…
Largest: $1.2M to URBAN INSTITUTE — to deepen and expand support for inclusive and equitable recovery in cities through strategic advising, data analysis, and technical assistance in sp2 cities; knowledge sharing, ac…
Largest: $200,000 to CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS — core support for the women's health and rights program to ensure that all women, have the rights, resources and agency to make decisions about their bodies by influencing the publi…
The Jewish Healthcare FoundationPittsburgh, PACharity · may take applications
26 matching grants · $2.4M · through 2024Largest: $273,562 to INTERNAL PROGRAM (HEALTH CARE SAFETY COMPETITION) — healthcare quality/human resources/end of life decision making
Largest: $300,694 to NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH INC — to continue and expand the environmental and energy policy and the economy (eepe) initiative that connects energy and environmental economics research with decision-makers
World Resources InstituteWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
22 matching grants · $3.3M · through 2023Largest: $806,371 to ICCT INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL ON CLEAN TRANSPORTATION — support envir and socially equitable decisions
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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 →