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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 “diverse”
Where the money went
Largest: $125,000 to SERVICES AND ADVOCACY FOR GAY LESBIAN BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER ELDERS INC ( — 82646 supporting the diverse elders coalition in advocating for the needs of diverse older adults and their caregivers
Family PromiseSummit, NJCharity · may take applications
133 matching grants · $2.6M · through 2024Largest: $196,988 to FAMILY PROMISE OF SOUTHWEST NEW JERSEY — eviction diversion initiative
Largest: $1.2M to NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART — core support for the diverse acquisition fund to acquire works by artists of diverse backgrounds
Largest: $25,000 to Tailwind Aviation Foundation Inc — to support pilot diversity by providing flight training scholarships to those from diverse backgrounds.
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
84 matching grants · $21.6M · through 2024Largest: $150,000 to PROMISE54 — expand tools, data-informed reports and case studies to accurately describe and measure the state of diversity, equity and inclusion within the education field while also enabling …
New Schools FundOakland, CACharity · may take applications
81 matching grants · $17.6M · through 2024Largest: $750,000 to DIVERSITY IN LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE — diverse leaders
Largest: $205,246 to THE REGENTS OF THE UNI OF CALIFORNIA- LA — for support of a series of studies on educator diversity
Largest: $100,000 to Oxfam America Inc — inception phase of the project: partnerships for diversity - strengthening farmer-research partnerships that provide plant varietal options to diverse farmers
Threshold CocOmaha, NECharity · may take applications
57 matching grants · $26.5M · through 2024Largest: $8.7M to TOGETHER INC — support of shelter diversion programs
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
52 matching grants · $20.3M · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to GREEN 20 — to support green 2.0's environmental journalists diversity report to examine the demographics of journalists covering the environment, climate, and energy and the impact of organiz…
Largest: $100,000 to Black Clergy Collaborative of Memphis — support to identify diversion programs in memphis and conduct community conversations about the need for diversion and prevention initiatives
Largest: $100,000 to PENNSYLVANIA EDUCATOR DIVERSITY CONSORTIUM — to support educator workforce diversification in southwest pennsylvania by way of the pennsylvania educator diversity consortium (pedc) which is a fiscally sponsored initiative of …
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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 →