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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 “dedicated”
Where the money went
Largest: $226,000 to CARBONDALE CLAY CENTER — organization dedicated to preserving natural resources, promoting arts, education and civil rights.
Largest: $900,000 to INLAND COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT JUSTICE — general operating support: to support an organization dedicated to collective advocacy, outreach and education efforts to improve health and well-being of immigrant communities in …
Largest: $6,666 to EAR RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC — dedicated to research, education and community care relating to hearing and balance disorders
Quad Cities Golf Classic CharitableEast Moline, ILCharity · may take applications
31 matching grants · $3.3M · through 2024Largest: $519,097 to QUAD CITY ARTS — dedicated to enriching the quality of life in the quad city region through arts
Largest: $400,000 to IMPACT INVESTMENT EXCHANGE PTE LTD — feasibility study for an indonesian orange bond, a first-of-its-kind financing instrument dedicated to advancing gender equity in indonesia
Swig FoundationSan Francisco, CA
33 matching grants · $273,113 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to LIVING WITH WOLVES — dedicated to engaging the public worldwide in education, outreach and research to promote truth and understanding about wolves.
Star One Credit UnionSunnyvale, CACharity · may take applications
30 matching grants · $651,000 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to PANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC — non-profit organization dedicated to advance research, support patients, and create hope for people who have pancreatic cancer.
Largest: $350,000 to WILLIAMS HEART FOUNDATION — annual campaign. dedicated research to help fight heart disease.
Largest: $2.4M to Afterschool Alliance — to support a coalition of organizations dedicated to raising awareness of, and public support for, afterschool programs.
Largest: $706,135 to DOLPHINS CYCLING CHALLENGE — launched in 2010, the dolphins cycling challenge (dcc) is a two-day tri-county charity cycling event. the dcc is dedicated to raising funds for lifesaving cancer research at the sy…
Teen Cancer AmericaSanta Monica, CACharity · may take applications
17 matching grants · $1.8M · through 2024Largest: $238,007 to UF SHANDS — grant will be used for programs for ayas, which may include contributing to the cost of program staff dedicated to aya, or supporting focused activities for aya
National Lawyers Guild FoundationNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
15 matching grants · $2.3M · through 2024Largest: $550,666 to NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD INC — to provide assistance to the national office, whose primary purpose is dedicated to the need for basic change in the structure of our political and economic system.
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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 →