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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 “discharge”
Where the money went
Finger Lakes Performing Provider SystemRochester, NYCharity · may take applications
18 matching grants · $7.5M · through 2024Largest: $1.1M to MONROE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL — address barriers to discharge complex care patients
Largest: $1.3M to MATHEMATICA INC — to support a randomized controlled trial to evaluate a nurse-led hospital discharge and home follow-up program for chronically ill older adults.
California Healthcare FoundationOakland, CACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $449,875 · through 2024Largest: $140,000 to PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE OF CALIFORNIA — public policy institute of california speaker series on california's future, 2022. covid-19 responsive health policy research planning grant. assessing and improving the identifica…
Largest: $25,000 to BROWN UNIVERSITY OF PROVIDENCE — to serve the community, the nation, and the world by discovering, communicating, and preserving knowledge and understanding in a spirit of free inquiry, and by educating and prepar…
Largest: $30,000 to U OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT HOUSTON — clinical research grant: accelerated recovery after mis hepatectomy (aramis hep) to support early discharge for patients undergoing minimally invasive liver resection
Largest: $13,500 to ANCHOR SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION — to provide scholarships to family members of active duty, returned, and honorable discharged surface navy personnel.
Largest: $95,000 to PROVIDENCE TRINITYCARE HOSPICE FOUNDATION — discharge planning and placement options for chronically or terminally ill homeless patients
The Upstate FoundationSyracuse, NYCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $102,726 · through 2025Largest: $48,486 to FID'18 BARRIERS TO DISCHARGE — to support the purpose and mission of upstate medical university
Christus HealthIrving, TXCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $250,000 · through 2023Largest: $100,000 to Clarity Child Guidance Center — support children ages 3-17 and their families to feel prepared to manage their child's mental illness after discharge.
Largest: $50,000 to ENVIRONMENTAL INTEGRITY PROJECT — support to continue using the law to force the environmental protection agency to update discharge standards for wastes from slaughterhouses.
Largest: $200,000 to WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH — to implement home telemonitoring resources for patients discharged from intensive care.
The Oak Hill FundCharlottesville, VA
2 matching grants · $190,000 · through 2023Largest: $100,000 to POTOMAC RIVERKEEPER INC — to support 1) enforcement actions against pollution permit infractions and unpermitted discharges; 2) investigation of and responses to pollution hazards identified through patroll…
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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 →

