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12 funders with a record of paying for “disruption”
Where the money went
Colorado Enterprise FundDenver, COCharity · may take applications
170 matching grants · $1.9M · through 2023Largest: $20,300 to WELTON STREET CAFE — business disruption
Largest: $679,021 to ECONOMIC POL INST — 79538 producing original research to disrupt structural racism's cycle of economic hardship impacting low-income children and families of color
Largest: $200,000 to PEOPLE'S ACTION INSTITUTE — core support for the disrupting disinformation initiative to use and test the methods of deep canvass persuasion and digital organizing to disrupt the spread of disinformation
Largest: $48,509 to University of Edinburgh — disrupting understandings of school disruption: what did we learn from covid-19?
Largest: $320,000 to CORNELL UNIVERSITY — cell-type-specific interactome disruption prioritize risk missense mutations for asd
Gilead FoundationFoster City, CA
9 matching grants · $6.0M · through 2024Largest: $1.0M to Xavier University of Louisiana — program support: disrupting obstacles to education: the gilead-xavier university of louisiana student promise for louisiana
Largest: $750,000 to NEW SCHOOL — ripe for creative disruption: an environmental justice movement fellowship
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
5 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2024Largest: $275,000 to CSEP Research Foundation — to study and suggest policies for making india's electricity sector resilient and ready for future technological and economic disruptions
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
9 matching grants · $1.8M · through 2022Largest: $400,000 to NEW LEADERS INC — provide core support for new leaders' national aspiring principals fellowship to build the capacity of effective, equity-minded k-12 school leaders of color, who are committed to t…
Largest: $200,000 to UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION — to support the project "restoring justice and reimaging research: building community to disrupt the cycle of violence and enhance research-practice partnerships"
Largest: $108,332 to UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS — restoring justice and reimaging research: building community to disrupt the cycle of violence and enhance research-practice partnerships
Bhp FoundationWashington, DC
4 matching grants · $2.8M · through 2023Largest: $1.3M to AUSTRALIAN INDIGENOUS GOVERNANCE INSTITUTE (AIGI) — supporting self-determined governance for indigenous development outcomes through a new practice set that builds and disseminates best practice tools, research and training, and di…
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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 →