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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 “deepening”
Where the money went
Largest: $210,000 to SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GRANTMAKERS — deepening health and racial equity among philanthropy: to support efforts to improve and deepen a practice around racial justice and health equity across philanthropy in southern c…
Largest: $4.9M to FINANCIAL SECTOR DEEPENING TRUST (TANZANIA) — financial services for the poor
Largest: $50,000 to AQUALTUNE - INSTITUTO DE ESTUDOS SOBRE TECNOLOGIAS E DIREITO — for research and advocacy on racial biases in algorithms and its role in deepening inequalities
Largest: $390,244 to SOUTHERN CA U OF — 78209 engaging grassroots and academic researchers to deepen understanding of approaches to center and measure impacts of community power
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
21 matching grants · $16.1M · through 2024Largest: $1.0M to British Broadcasting Corporation — to deepen investigative journalism and reporting using local languages
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: $129,000 to Groundswell International — assessment and deepening of the agro-ecological intensification led by peasant farmers in burkina faso, and for institutional changes case study in niger, burkina faso, and mali
Largest: $150,000 to Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness — to help sree expand and deepen its equity efforts, particularly support of emerging scholars who bring lived experiences of marginalization to their work.
Largest: $350,000 to (437) UNBOUNDED LEARNING INC — education: to support new and deepening work in up to six districts in massachusetts aligned with research and evaluation strategy development
Largest: $749,772 to INSTITUT PASTEUR OF DAKAR — to build capacity and deepen research for vaccine development by generating african knowledge on the first vaccine candidate designed and developed in africa for a neglected, high …
Conrad N Hilton FoundationWestlake Village, CA
13 matching grants · $4.6M · through 2024Largest: $1.3M to SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION — to support initiatives to deepen and enhance visitor engagement at the national air and space museum, with a focus on families and pre-kindergarten students
Largest: $225,000 to PARENT INSTITUTE FOR QUALITY EDUCATION — to deepen bridge to college program in silicon valley by preparing families for success to and through a postsecondary education, and expanding and deepening partnerships with coll…
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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 →