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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 “deployments”
Where the money went
Local Jobs & Economic Development FundDover, DECharity · may take applications
41 matching grants · $8.8M · through 2024Largest: $1.7M to AMERICAN JOBS AND ENERGY SECURITY — supporting local economic development through clean energy deployment
Coastal Bend Regional AdvisoryCorpus Christi, TXCharity · may take applications
17 matching grants · $7.0M · through 2023Largest: $118,668 to STATE MISSION DEPLOYMENT REIMBURSEMENT — state mission deployment reimbursement
Largest: $179,511 to UNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION — to document, evaluate, and disseminate the key learnings of the knight av initiative as it seeks to ensure residents needs are at the center of designing and deploying autonomous v…
Largest: $2.5M to Habitat for Humanity of Minnesota Inc — for a recoverable grant to expedite deployment of newly appropriated homeownership investments grant program ($40m) and leverage expanded resources in workforce & affordable homeow…
Largest: $10,000 to EMORY UNIVERSITY — to support the 2023 george b. moody physionet challenge, an opportunity for researchers to develop and deploy an open-source algorithm to predict the level of neurological recovery…
Largest: $600,000 to RESULTS FOR AMERICA — project support the local infrastructure hub to provide technical assistance to cities applying for and deploying federal funding for infrastructure
Largest: $14,106 to EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS IN CALABASAS — deploy winlink gateways at existing secure sites. hold classes to demonstrate the use of gateways. deploy two clearrpt systems and promote their use by holding classes.
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
14 matching grants · $2.0M · through 2022Largest: $250,710 to PARTNERSHIP FOR SOUTHERN EQUITY — increase transparency, accountability, community engagement and job opportunities related to economic development policies and practices through the development of technology-based…
Largest: $1.0M to CANADIAN SHAREHOLDER ASSOCIATION FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION — core support for the development of a research, strategy, and capital markets hub in the global south that would help enhance the capacity of grassroots workers campaigns to effect…
Largest: $300,000 to PROTEUS FUND INC — reframe - building the narrative power ecosystem to support health: to build the narrative power ecosystem by deploying training, research and strategic insights to power building …
Largest: $400,000 to ORGANIZED CRIME AND CORRUPTION REPORTING PROJECT — to enhance investigative journalism through the development and deployment of advanced data-sharing technologies and collaborative frameworks.
Largest: $200,000 to (173) CLEAN ENERGY GROUP INC — climate: to support equitable deployment of energy storage and fossil peaker plant decommissioning in new england
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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 →