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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 “disconnected”
Where the money went
The Oakland Public Education FundOakland, CACharity · may take applications
19 matching grants · $4.4M · through 2023Largest: $888,082 to OAKLAND NATIVES GIVE BACK INC — to increase attendance and engagement of disconnected students and families following covid school closures using a community schools approach.
Largest: $500,000 to The EPC Museum La Nube — to support the development of health programming in the dedicated education space known as blue sky lab, as well as outreach to engage disconnected youth.
Conrad N Hilton FoundationWestlake Village, CA
6 matching grants · $2.5M · through 2024Largest: $80,000 to SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL — to support community engagement in the dissemination of opportunity youth disconnection data in los angeles and the analysis of opportunity youth disconnection data in the united s…
Largest: $100,000 to SHADOW STUDENT ATHLETE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES INC — to provide students who are disconnected from school with the tools and opportunities to get them back on track toward success
New Hampshire Electric Co-Op FoundationPlymouth, NHCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $183,214 · through 2024Largest: $66,657 to Project Care — to assist members who are in danger of having their electric account disconnected.
Largest: $40,000 to LEVEL GROUND MIXED MARTIAL ARTS INC — the level ground student trainer workforce development program: preparing low-income & disconnected youth for career and post-secondary success
Largest: $35,000 to NEW DOOR VENTURES — prepares low income youth disconnected from school and work for success in work and life through paid jobs.
Dalio Family FundWestport, CTCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $5.0M · through 2023Largest: $2.5M to ROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION — restricted to support services that prepare disconnected youth for the workforce
Largest: $137,500 to UTILITY REFORM NETWORK — addressing the health impacts of utility disconnections: to support regional and statewide efforts to ensure that utility shutoffs do not harm community health by developing capaci…
Largest: $4,000 to UTEC INC — to support social and economic success for disconnected youth
Largest: $75,000 to 91 Place Incorporated — support to provide safe, stable shelter/housing and services for homeless and disconnected youth.
Largest: $100,000 to LIFE LEARNING ACADEMY — to support the academic mission of the organizaion, which is to provide operating support for the education, professional development, and social and emotional health of disconnect…
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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 →