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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 “disparity”
Where the money went
Altamed Health Services CorporationLos Angeles, CACharity · may take applications
129 matching grants · $4.9M · through 2024Largest: $1.0M to COALITION TO PROTECT ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE — reduced health disparity in underserved communities.
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
102 matching grants · $56.0M · through 2024Largest: $1.0M to Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University — in support of research and development to address racial disparities in policing and improve police-community relationships as part of the safety and justice challenge
Largest: $350,000 to NATIONAL ALLIAN AGAINST DISPARITIES IN P — 81024 general operating support for the national alliance against disparities in patient health
Largest: $20,000 to GAMMA EPSILON INC — addressing health disparities and inequities through higher education: to provide scholarship support to african american students who have demonstrated a commitment to academic ex…
United Way of New York CityNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
67 matching grants · $5.7M · through 2024Largest: $630,587 to CHOOSE HEALTHY LIFE — choose healthy life-uwnyc successfully supported the incubation of choose healthy life, a national non-profit addressing health disparities through faith-based partnerships with th…
American Diabetes AssociationArlington, VACharity · may take applications
53 matching grants · $9.9M · through 2024Largest: $73,036 to Children's Research Institute — postdoctoral fellowship health disparities award
Arg Cultivators CommunityMesa, AZCharity · may take applications
60 matching grants · $525,000 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to POLISHED CLEAN CO — disparity gap for minority businesses
Largest: $275,524 to UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND — to investigate racial disparities in the prosecution of criminal cases in three maryland counties and identify policies that reduce these disparities.
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
38 matching grants · $12.4M · through 2022Largest: $200,000 to MARCH OF DIMES INC — eliminate racial disparities in birth outcomes by implementing policy, research, systems, funding and programmatic solutions identified on the march of dimes' national equity frame…
Hawaii Public Health InstituteHonolulu, HICharity · may take applications
32 matching grants · $6.5M · through 2024Largest: $695,500 to PROJECT VISION HAWAII — engage community health workers for covid-19 outreach, support community based organizations to address covid-19-related health disparities
Largest: $450,000 to RESEARCH FOR ACTION INC — to support research for action inc's work to highlight and address existing disparities within pennsylvania's public education system, particularly allegheny county
Largest: $1.1M to DUKE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM — to establish an outpatient clinical research site and develop a community outreach initiative to improve health and decrease health disparities.
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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 →