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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.

3 funders with a record of paying for “developmemt”

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White Center Community Development → Community Roots Housing Foundation: $1.0M across 2 grants, latest 2024Clayton Baker Trust → Rails-to-Trails Conservancy: $100K across 4 grants, latest 2024The Burke Family Foundation → Our House: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2022Clayton Baker Trust → Public Justice Center: $85K across 4 grants, latest 2024Clayton Baker Trust → Baltimore Digital Equity Coalition: $80K across 4 grants, latest 2024Clayton Baker Trust → Hope: $55K across 3 grants, latest 2024Clayton Baker Trust → Mount Vernon Place Conservancy: $50K across 5 grants, latest 2024Clayton Baker Trust → Project Waves: $40K across 2 grants, latest 2021Clayton Baker Trust → Roberta House: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2021Clayton Baker Trust → Baltimore's Promise: $18K across 2 grants, latest 2021White Center Community Development: $1.0M on this topic. Open the funder.White Center Community Develo…$1.0MClayton Baker Trust: $448K on this topic. Open the funder.Clayton Baker Trust$448KThe Burke Family Foundation: $5K on this topic. Open the funder.The Burke Family Foundation$5KCommunity Roots Housing Foundation: received $1.0M on this topicCommunity Roots Housing Foundat…$1.0MRails-to-Trails Conservancy: received $100K on this topicRails-to-Trails Conservancy$100KPublic Justice Center: received $85K on this topicPublic Justice Center$85KBaltimore Digital Equity Coalition: received $80K on this topicBaltimore Digital Equity Coalit…$80KHope: received $55K on this topicHope$55KMount Vernon Place Conservancy: received $50K on this topicMount Vernon Place Conservancy$50KProject Waves: received $40K on this topicProject Waves$40KRoberta House: received $20K on this topicRoberta House$20KBaltimore's Promise: received $18K on this topicBaltimore's Promise$18KOur House: received $5K on this topicOur House$5K
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 20192025. 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 →