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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 “disciplinary”
Where the money went
United Way of New York CityNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
49 matching grants · $5.6M · through 2024Largest: $323,220 to MOTT HAVEN-PORT MORRIS COMMUNITY LAND STEWARTS INC — change capital fund - change capital fund the change capital fund (ccf) is a collaboration of philanthropic foundations and financial institutions that pool funds to invest in comm…
Largest: $2.8M to AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LEARNED SOCIETIES — to support a dissertation writing fellowship to spur methodological and cross-disciplinary innovation in the humanities
Meadows Mental Health Policy InstituteDallas, TXCharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $1.4M · through 2024Largest: $440,562 to CITY OF GALVESTON — multi-disciplinary response teams
Largest: $149,104 to REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ — for logistics funding to support the creation of a cross-disciplinary network strengthening academic connections and mentoring and research skills
Largest: $200,000 to THE UNION OF SELF-DISCIPLINARY ORGANIZATIONS — to establish a network of grantmaking foundations and improve domestic funders' capacity in internal governance, strategic planning and grantmaking through capacity building, consu…
Largest: $425,090 to LYNDEN INC — grants were provided to lynden, inc., a nonprofit that formed in 2019, to support lynden, inc.'s initial operations. lynden, inc. provides educational programming such as education…
Largest: $671,438 to Pomona College — don't take that tone with me': linguistic variation and disciplinary action on african american children in schools
John Templeton FoundationWest Conshohocken, PA
3 matching grants · $1.3M · through 2024Largest: $640,088 to MERCATUS CENTER INC — training scholars across disciplinary lines to explore adam smiths approach to political economy
Largest: $200,000 to MICHIGAN OPERA THEATRE — to create a new relevancy for opera through the presentation of non-traditional, cross-disciplinary contemporary works, as well as new interpretations of the canon.
Largest: $50,000 to INSTITUTE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATION IN THE ARTS — expansion of idea's multi-disciplinary arts programs and events
Largest: $50,000 to URBAN GATEWAYS — for support of multi-disciplinary arts education residencies
Wend IiBentonville, AR
2 matching grants · $1.9M · through 2024Largest: $1.3M to Social Good Fund — to support the braiding seeds fellowship, which provides funding, mentorship, and a mutually supportive community to aspiring, beginner and intermediate bipoc farmers/land stewards…
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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 →