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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 “description”
Where the money went
Largest: $62,050 to GLENS FALLS HOSP FOUNDATION — see attached description
Largest: $1.2M to FRANKFURT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY - US — (1) description: 17,870 shares of costar group, inc. securities (2) book value: $1,150,864 (3) method used to determine book value: average of the high/low on the date the securiti…
Nancy E Barry & Letitia P Rees FoundationPacific Palisades, CA
29 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2025Largest: $233,531 to PLANNED PARENTHOOD — (1) description: 514 shares of bershire hathaway class b securities (2) book value: $94,444 (3) method used to determine book value: average of the high/low on the date the securit…
Largest: $921,576 to CITY OF HOPE — (1) description: 12,700 shares of brown & brown securities (2) book value: $ 562,229 (3) method used to determine book value: average of the high/low on the date the securities wer…
Pinellas Education FoundationLargo, FLCharity · may take applications
15 matching grants · $2.4M · through 2024Largest: $1.0M to PINELLAS COUNTY SCHOOLS — classroom & school grants (see program service descriptions)
League for Innovation in the CommunityChandler, AZCharity · may take applications
21 matching grants · $896,241 · through 2021Largest: $100,000 to EUREKA RANCH — brighter futures 3.0, see description in part iv, supplemental information
Morton Plant Mease Health CareClearwater, FLCharity · may take applications
11 matching grants · $47.3M · through 2025Largest: $12.1M to MORTON PLANT HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC — see schedule o for grant descriptions
Largest: $1.2M to VARIOUS - MATCHING GIFTS TO PUBLIC CHARITIES — other description
Largest: $5.8M to OUR AMERICAN FUTURE FOUNDATION — (1) description: 9 shares of berkshire hathaway class a securities (2) book value: $4,984,832 (3) method used to determine book value: average of the high/low on the date the secur…
Ready for School Ready for LifeGreensboro, NCCharity · may take applications
18 matching grants · $516,475 · through 2022Largest: $65,000 to YWCA GREENSBORO — cqi cohort grant: see schedule i, part iv for description.
Early Childhood ConnectionsRapid City, SDCharity · may take applications
13 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2023Largest: $268,113 to YMCA RAPID CITY — for early education of children part of the starting strong program. see part iii for full description of starting strong.
Largest: $769,866 to INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC — (1) description: 2,087 shares of microsoft corporation (2) book value: $ 794,876 (3) method used to determine book value: average of the high/low on the date the securities were re…
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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 →