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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 “disadv”
Where the money went
Largest: $30,000 to INSTRUMENTS OF CHANGE INC — to profoundly impact the lives of disadvanted children through gifts of musical instruments
Largest: $10,000 to THE HAVEN — promote human services for disadvanted persons
Largest: $3,500 to COVENANT HOUSE — housing & support to disadv children
Largest: $100,000 to HELPING ABUSED NEGLECTED DISADVANT — program/operating support
Largest: $5,000 to LAZARUS HOUSE MINISTRIES — aid and support for disadv & at risk
Largest: $2,500 to EXPLORE AUSTIN — help economically disadv youth
Largest: $3,000 to ST FRANCIS HOBOKEN — funds to benefit educ or disadv
Texas Bar FoundationAustin, TXCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $25,000 · through 2024Largest: $15,000 to Dallas Holocaust & Human Righ — assist disadv students/museum trip
Largest: $10,000 to WILDERNESS WORKS — provision of supplemental education through nature to disadv youth
Largest: $1,000 to BOOKS FOR COLLIER KIDS — book distrution to disadv youth
Largest: $105,000 to Seeds of Hope — provide scholarships for catholic k8 educ for economically disadvanted families
Kalele FoundationLos Altos Hills, CA
2 matching grants · $5,000 · through 2023Largest: $2,500 to HIDDEN VILLA — summer camp for disadvanted youth.
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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 →