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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 “digitalization”
Where the money went
Largest: $160,000 to GLOBAL DIALOGUE — core support for ariadne to conduct a scoping study on digital rights funder strategies & environmental justice to help funders in the digital rights field to develop strategies th…
Largest: $100,000 to GERMAN MARSHALL FUND OF THE US — to provide renewed support for german marshall fund digital to research and develop amplification methods for civic information within a nonpartisan digital policy framework.
Largest: $1.7M to AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LEARNED SOCIETIES — to support an open competition addressing sustainable digital infrastructures and promoting justice and equity in digital scholarly practice
Largest: $2.2M to METROPOLITAN OPERA ASSOCIATION INC — digital programs
Largest: $6.5M to GLOBAL IMPACT — digital public infrastructure; global health and development public awareness and analysis; research and learning opportunities
Largest: $3.6M to COMP-U-DOPT INC — funding supports the digital inclusion initiative which includes digital literacy, digital education and connectivity in dallas, mesa, atlanta.
Digital Promise GlobalWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
105 matching grants · $14.1M · through 2024Largest: $822,000 to HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT — to provide teachers and students in u.s. middle/high schools with always-available access to technology and empowers them to be content creators, adept problem-solvers, and respons…
Largest: $108,000 to LATINX DIGITAL LEADERS NOW (DLN) — digital divide
Largest: $300,248 to GDI SOLUTIONS (A SUBSIDIARY OF GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT INCUBATOR INC) — to support the redesign of the global digital health index (gdhi) and the state of digital health 2023 report
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
56 matching grants · $19.9M · through 2024Largest: $2.5M to The J Paul Getty Trust — in support of the curation and digitization of the johnson publishing company archive for the benefit of the public and for scholarly and educational uses
Equity in Education CoalitionSeattle, WACharity · may take applications
41 matching grants · $4.9M · through 2023Largest: $94,000 to LATINO UNIDOS — digital equity-digital navigationdigital equity-digital navigation
Largest: $37,000 to Preservation Virginia — digital fundraising match
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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 →