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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 “dependent”
Where the money went
Largest: $35,000 to NCGA FOUNDATION — to further a primary goal of the foundation: to provide monetary assistance to organizations that provide assistance to disadvantaged or underprivileged youths, disadvantaged or de…
Largest: $250,000 to NEW YORK UNIVERSITY — neural mechanisms of context dependent cognitive behavior; spi movshon: neural computations for visual form processing and form-based cognition
Largest: $25,000 to Program for Preserving the Natural World Inc — in support of the publication and dissemination of paired booklets, "how our health depends on biodiversity"how sustainable engineering solutions depend on biodiversity," on biodiv…
Largest: $107,600 to INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP AND TUITION SERVICES INC — mastercard employee dependent scholarship. mastercard impact fund (the "fund") maintains a "mastercard dependent scholarship program" (pre-approved by irs). under this program, the…
North Carolina Community FoundationRaleigh, NCCharity · may take applications
14 matching grants · $687,547 · through 2023Largest: $100,973 to HEALING TRANSITIONS INC — substance abuse dependency, prevention & treatment
Largest: $175,000 to STIFTELSEN THE STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE — for comparative action research on just transitions for thermal coal-mining dependent regions in colombia, south africa, and indonesia
Largest: $1.2M to WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — to provide pensions to retired ministers and widows and dependent children of deceased ministers.
Maine Community FoundationEllsworth, MECharity · may take applications
11 matching grants · $150,210 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to AdCare Educational Institute of Maine — substance abuse dependency, prevention & treatment
The Community Foundation ofLouisville, KYCharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $1.9M · through 2024Largest: $1.5M to LIFELINE RECOVERY CENTER — f20 alcohol drug and substance abuse dependency prevention & treatment
Elbaz Family FoundationBeverly Hills, CA
8 matching grants · $415,000 · through 2024Largest: $90,000 to Natural Resources Defense Council — to work towards safeguarding the earth - its people, plants, animals and the natural systems on which all life depends.
Seattle FoundationSeattle, WACharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $171,771 · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to KING COUNTY DEPENDENCY CASA — to provide general operating support to king county dependency casa
The Pittsburgh FoundationPittsburgh, PACharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $440,389 · through 2024Largest: $144,583 to PA ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN IN EARLY RECOVERY — substance abuse dependency, prevention and treatment
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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 →