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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 “deep”
Where the money went
Largest: $200,000 to LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY — how does the brain predict the future? large-scale neural calcium imaging, two-photon optogenetic and deep neural network studies of future prediction across 11 neocortical areas i…
Ndn CollectiveRapid City, SDCharity · may take applications
21 matching grants · $9.3M · through 2023Largest: $2.0M to OCETI SAKOWIN COMMUNITY ACADEMY — regional deep dive
Largest: $275,000 to DEEP SOUTH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE — this general operating support grant would strengthen the deep south center for environmental justice as a resource for research, education, community and student engagement, and t…
Largest: $378,000 to NATIONAL IMMIGRATION LAW CTR — 79827 conducting formative research to overcome deep-seated fears of adverse consequences preventing immigrant families from accessing well-being supports
National Marine Sanctuary FoundationSilver Spring, MDCharity · may take applications
13 matching grants · $2.7M · through 2024Largest: $24,432 to THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE SUNY — deia ocean exploration grant: undergraduate deep-sea research capacity building with training for underrepresented groups.
Largest: $2.4M to MARY REYNOLDS BABCOCK FOUNDATION INCORPORATED — for the deep south/emerging social justice infrastructure strategic grantmaking program
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
11 matching grants · $4.6M · through 2024Largest: $1.0M to PROPUBLICA — increase the capacity of 10 local newsrooms in new orleans, mississippi and new mexico to take on deep-dive investigative work essential to democratic governance and equity in vuln…
Community Foundation of the LowcountryHilton Head Island, SCCharity · may take applications
14 matching grants · $673,742 · through 2024Largest: $354,423 to The Hilton Head Island Deep Well Project — human services
Largest: $30,000 to SONOMA RCD — tech deep dive - implementation
Largest: $400,000 to NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES — to produce a second consensus study report on the societal and equity dimensions of deep decarbonization and establish a multisectoral deep decarbonization forum to disseminate fin…
Largest: $583,334 to STICHTING DEEP SEA CONSERVATION COALITION — to support deep-sea ecosystems.
Foundation for California CommunitySacramento, CACharity · may take applications
12 matching grants · $301,300 · through 2024Largest: $53,000 to STATE CENTER CCD — lumina (reach) deep
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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 →