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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 “directory”
Where the money went
Largest: $7,500 to ARTRAGEOUS ARTREACH LTD — directory discretionary grants
Largest: $70,000 to COMMUNITY RESOURCES FOR JUSTICE — support for the greater boston coming home offender resource directory.
Largest: $230,250 to Northwest Arkansas Council Foundation — to support a comprehensive, searchable and dynamic online tool that will provide a directory of entrepreneurial resources in northwest arkansas.
The Community Foundation for Greater NewNew Haven, CTCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $55,000 · through 2024Largest: $30,000 to UR COMMUNITY CARES — directory that will help visually impaired individuals
Largest: $147,777 to VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER — to examine and assess the accuracy of medicare advantage provider network directories and subsequently assess the impact the listed networks have on patients' choice of health plan…
Largest: $70,000 to The Opportunity Council — this grant of $70k over 2 years supports the whatcom resource information collaborative (wric), a web-based resource directory that functions as a public data utility- providing fr…
Largest: $1,000 to BERKSHIRE ATHENAEUM — the foundation directory online: a community resource for grant funding research
5392 Wilchester Elementary Pta CongressHouston, TXCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $891,353 · through 2024Largest: $362,932 to WILCHESTER ELEMENTARY — classroom support, enrichment programs, staff development, school equipment, yearbooks, directories, etc.
EdchoiceIndianapolis, INCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $47,500 · through 2025Largest: $40,000 to PA Families for Education Choice Inc — support for efforts to educate families about school choice options and to promote school choice in pennsylvania through the regional volunteer network and educator services direct…
Largest: $26,000 to EDLAVITCH JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF WASHINGTON DC — to support the fourth year of theater j's yiddish theater lab, a program devoted to developing new audiences for, new adaptations of, and new directorial approaches to work from th…
Broadway Caresequity Fights AIDSNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $45,000 · through 2023Largest: $25,000 to AUTISM DIRECTORY SERVICES — unrestricted general support
495 Metrowest Corridor PartnershipWestborough, MACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $116,275 · through 2021Largest: $91,275 to TOWN OF ACTON — business directory, incubator, call for public art
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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 →