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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 “discussion”
Where the money went
Largest: $68,590 to VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY — to support a conference that brings together prosecutors from around the southeast, researchers, community leaders, and directly impacted people to foster a discussion around the u…
Largest: $30,000 to TABITHA JANE JACKSON — for the research project "structuring freedom" to explore the themes of ai and form in the documentary film sector, and provide public access to the research online and through fre…
Largest: $660,000 to INSTITUTO JOSE EDUARDO DUTRA — to produce technical inputs, scientific research, and engage strategic actors from the public sector, private sector, and organized civil society to discuss a just transition in br…
Largest: $1.3M to The 74 Media Inc — to increase public awareness and inform the national discussion of critical education issues across the country.
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
17 matching grants · $10.9M · through 2022Largest: $28,500 to Waukegan To College NFP — support to be split evenly between the scholarship program and the reading program (as discussed with mike marion, development director), support for the college persistence progra…
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
16 matching grants · $492,080 · through 2024Largest: $15,000 to Dance Continuum Inc — to support research and public discussion about performance and accessibility involving susan marshall and mimi lien in preparation for a contemporary performance-installation that…
Largest: $6,000 to THE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON — in support of a discussion-focused, invitation-only workshop, held in june 2024 in london, to discuss the salient challenges to the adoption of advanced quantum technologies for bi…
Occidental CollegeLos Angeles, CACharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $583,825 · through 2024Largest: $7,200 to STRATEGIC EARTH CONSULTING — research partner assisting with training to undergraduate students and the graduate student trainee in proper survey methods and guide development of the survey framework for the d…
Largest: $349,968 to CODE FOR SCIENCE AND SOCIETY — to improve scientific collaboration by exploring opportunities for synchronous online discussion via the open review platform
Largest: $400,000 to POLICYLINK — supporting health-promoting and racially just community schools: to improve health and academic outcomes of low-income students of color in california by conducting regional forums…
Jefferson Regional FoundationPittsburgh, PACharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $370,000 · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to LATINO COMMUNITY CENTER — hold four convenings with latinx families from mckeesport to discuss hopes, dreams, and needs of the community.
Largest: $20,000 to Scholarship America — to discuss critical issues in the private scholarship space, foster collaboration, and share scholarship america's vision for an equity and data-driven future
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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 →