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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 “desired”
Where the money went
Largest: $20,000 to LISNER-LOUISE-DICKSON-HURT HOME CAPITAL CAMPAIGN — to be used by the charitable organization as desired.
Largest: $450,000 to MOUNT DESERT ISLAND BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY — the benefactor desires that grantee shall use the gift to continue the project awarded in 2022 to establish a novel treatment strategy for diabetic kidney disease. previous support…
The San Francisco FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $1.7M · through 2022Largest: $319,764 to CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS — program - to distribute the cadogan awards. advised - for endowment of the larry sultan visiting artists program. advised - for general operating support. advised - for scholarship…
Wuerffel FoundationAtlanta, GACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $424,000 · through 2024Largest: $195,000 to Desire Street Ministries — to help fund the programs of desire street.
Largest: $600,000 to THE INDUSTRY PRODUCTIONS INC — to support visionary artists in their desire to combine a long-enduring art form and experimental technologies into contemporary narratives on behalf of a broadly diverse public
Largest: $25,000 to MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM — to inspire curiosity, excite minds, and increase desire to preserve and protect our world's natural and cultural diversity through exhibitions, educational programs, collections, a…
World OutreachfundAtlanta, GACharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $121,931 · through 2024Largest: $36,931 to DESIRE STREET MINISTRIES — general grant for chartiable activities
Largest: $15,000 to THE SCOTT WOLF SCHOLARSHIP FUND CO THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENN — to endow permanent scholarships for associates of averitt express, inc. and their children who desire to continue their educaction beyond high school. the fund was setup to acknowl…
Largest: $10,000 to DESIRE STREET MINISTRIES — revitalize impoverished neighborhoods into desirable places to live
Givewell Community FoundationLakeland, FLCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $500,000 · through 2024Largest: $125,000 to DESIRE STREET MINISTRIES — strategic pship
Largest: $113,000 to PURE DESIRE MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL — new technology staff
Largest: $35,000 to DESIRE STREET MINISTRIES — financial support
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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 →