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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 “distance”
Where the money went
Largest: $6,500 to REED FOUNDATION FOR AUTISM INC (PAID TO REED FOUNDATION) — go the distance for autism - 6/1/2025 - platinum sponsor
Conrad N Hilton FoundationWestlake Village, CA
6 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2024Largest: $215,500 to INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT — to increase catholic sisters and women-of-faith's capacity to assume greater leadership and influence in global affairs through the center for women, faith and leadership's hybrid …
Largest: $633,334 to UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — in support of research to determine the structural and electronic mechanisms behind long-distance electron transfer in cable bacteria.
Largest: $19,800 to STRATEGIC COMMUNITY PARTNERS — youth led wellness - developing despite distance-wellness and self-care support for young men impacted by parental incarceration
Ascendium Education SolutionsMadison, WICharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $3.9M · through 2024Largest: $3.3M to AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES — grant, assessing quality and equitable access and outcomes of distance postsecondary courses for the incarcerated grant, rural research support partner grant, advancing postseconda…
Largest: $7,500 to Catholic Distance University — support for the organizations religious and educational programs
Twin Cities in MotionSt Paul, MNCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $32,620 · through 2024Largest: $12,620 to MINNESOTA DISTANCE ELITE — sponsorship to promote long distance running and improve competitiveness of us running program.
Largest: $240,033 to SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION — for supporting effective development and use of oer in higher education systems in africa
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
3 matching grants · $1.6M · through 2022Largest: $597,310 to THIRD SECTOR NEW ENGLAND INC — provide culturally relevant education materials for haitian children both inside and outside classrooms within the model school network by expanding lakou kajou's high-quality reso…
Gold Family Charitable TrustBriarcliff Manor, NY
3 matching grants · $361,585 · through 2024Largest: $121,585 to WORLD BICYCLE RELIEF — to mobilize people through the power of bicycles. we envision a world where distance is no longer a barrier to independence and livelihood
Largest: $18,210 to NJ Road Runners Club — support the sport of long distance running and competion.
Largest: $10,000 to CATHOLIC DISTANCE UNIVERSITY — general support of tax-exempt mission
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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 →