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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 “diplomacy”
Where the money went
Global Ties USWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
21 matching grants · $4.0M · through 2023Largest: $471,894 to INTERNATIONAL CITIZEN DIPLOMACY OF LOS ANGELES — implementation of the international visitors leadership program
Ploughshares FundSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
17 matching grants · $1.4M · through 2024Largest: $157,500 to WIN WITHOUT WAR EDUCATION FUND — 1. to mobilize a broad base of public support for progressive foreign policies, including nuclear nonproliferation, denuclearization, and diplomacy with nuclear-armed states.2. to …
Largest: $1.3M to JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY — to support research and analysis to building state capacity for accountable green industrial policy planning and implementation in the global south, benefiting these countries by f…
Largest: $420,000 to TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGE FLETCHER SCHOOL OF LAW & DIPLOMACY — the fletcher school of law and diplomacy, international security studies program
Largest: $251,300 to Truman Center for National Policy — as one-time funding for a project on city and state diplomacy as part of grantmaking on exploring the connections between u.s. domestic and foreign policies
World LearningBrattleboro, VTCharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $151,065 · through 2024Largest: $41,301 to GULF COAST CITIZEN DIPLOMACY COUNCIL INC — youth ambassadors program
Largest: $1.3M to PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE — to support arctic science diplomacy, permafrost emissions policy change, and bering strait risk mitigation.
International Sustainable Energy FoundatAustin, TXCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $1.2M · through 2023Largest: $320,128 to World Resources Institute — grants were provided and expenses were incurred for green governance (policy), public diplomacy & legal to support projects that focus on governmental/provincial sustainability pol…
Largest: $2.5M to AFSNC Inc — general operating support and to support the innovation diplomacy work of start-up nation central ltd. (cc)
Largest: $7.5M to ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC — to support the educational activities with respect to climate diplomacy
International Visitors Center of ChicagoChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $97,863 · through 2024Largest: $19,695 to San Diego Diplomacy Council — young transatlantic innovation leaders initiative, the u.s. department of state's flagship program for emerging european entrepreneurs
Largest: $15,000 to EXECUTIVE COUNCIL ON DIPLOMACY INC — 2025 general program 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 →