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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 “describing”
Where the money went
The Houston Fund for Social JusticeHouston, TXCharity · may take applications
252 matching grants · $7.8M · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to KC EVENTS & FLORALS LLC — toward approved tangible assets described in open for business grant agreement
Largest: $135,000 to JOAN B SHAYNE FUND — for one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)
Largest: $15,000 to JACK STILLINGTON- DR CLAIRE TREMAIN — the purpose of the dr. claire tremaine & george mentas scholarship is to provide financial assistance to high school students who demonstrate merit, potential and financial need an…
The Cormura FoundationNewport Beach, CA
35 matching grants · $275,826 · through 2025Largest: $51,262 to ST MARGARET'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH — support for educational purposes described in bylaws
Iha Hospital Assistance FoundationIndianapolis, INCharity · may take applications
20 matching grants · $2.9M · through 2024Largest: $876,217 to PINNACLE HEALTHCARE LLC — financial assistance related to economic burden as described below.
Largest: $80,000 to FELLOWSHIPS AT AUSCHWITZ FOR THE STUDY OF PROFESSI — in support of fellowships at auschwitz for its core religious leadership fellowship program and development of new case studies, as described in its grant proposal.
Ventura County Community FoundationCamarillo, CACharity · may take applications
19 matching grants · $1.8M · through 2023Largest: $301,000 to CONCERNED RESOURCE & ENVIRONMENTAL WORKERS — to support the ewc focusing on impacted areas of the thomas, woolsey, and hill fires in the counties of santa barbara, ventura, and la, including the santa monica mtns and los padr…
Largest: $300,000 to American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research — to support research and communications investigating and describing the relationship between public education and upward mobility and how this contributes to the creation of thrivi…
Largest: $25,000 to LA JOLLA AQUATIC COMPLEX FOUNDATION — unrestricted grant to support la jolla aquatic complex foundation to carry its described public charitable purposes.
Largest: $80,000 to Yayasan Karang Widya — support inner city kids in jarkata teaching them farming skills. this organization has a current equivalency opinion as described in rev. proc. 2017-53.
American Ornithological SocietyChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $111,950 · through 2024Largest: $30,000 to LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY OFFICE OF SPONSORED PROGRAMS — kessel fellowship for early career scientists providing two years of support for the full range of ornithological research as described in their application.
Rsf Social FinanceSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
11 matching grants · $180,900 · through 2022Largest: $50,000 to MORGAN OLIVER SCHOOL FOR ANTI-RACISM INC — for general operating support that supports the school's anti-racism goals, as described in the proposal
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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 →