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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 “disinformation”
Where the money went
Largest: $200,000 to UNIVERSIDADE DE SAO PAULO — for research on the digital public sphere, political polarization, disinformation, and for exploring principles for regulation models to deal with disinformation dynamics
Largest: $250,000 to MILITARY VETERANS IN JOURNALISM — to combat disinformation aimed at veterans thorough investigative reporting and distribution via news providers trusted in military communities.
Largest: $250,000 to DISINFORMATION INDEX INC — to educate the public about disinformation and its harms
Largest: $600,000 to UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON — for support of the center for an informed public's research on digital disinformation
Largest: $251,983 to WATCHDOC MEDIA MANDIRI — to produce high quality educational materials including reports and documentaries to counter disinformation and to support local communities and vulnerable groups through collabora…
Friends of the EarthWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
11 matching grants · $569,000 · through 2024Largest: $92,000 to MEDIA MATTERS FOR AMERICA — contribution for climate disinformation
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
8 matching grants · $2.8M · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to Military Veterans in Journalism Inc — for an initiative researching and reporting on disinformation targeting military and veteran communities
Open Society Action FundNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $1.7M · through 2024Largest: $500,000 to MEDIA MATTERS ACTION NETWORK — to support the grantee's nonpartisan research and work on combatting online disinformation
Largest: $675,706 to International Center for Journalists Inc — journalism grant - disarming disinformation
Largest: $200,000 to Global Disinformation Index — support grantee work on disrupt, defund and down-rank disinformation sites.
Largest: $125,000 to VOTO LATINO FOUNDATION INC — registering and mobilizing the latinx youth vote and fighting disinformation
Pen American CenterNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $105,500 · through 2024Largest: $17,750 to FACTCHEQUEANDO — nonpartisan anti-disinformation initiatives
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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 →