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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 “diversify”
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American Journalism ProjectWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
159 matching grants · $54.2M · through 2024Largest: $5.5M to FREE PRESS INDIANA — to grow and diversify revenue and to advance toward a sustainable model for local news.
Largest: $500,000 to UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY — to further grow and diversify the field of energy and environmental economics through training programs that engage students and early-career scholars from multiple universities
Largest: $450,000 to Pahara Institute — to diversify the educator workforce by supporting diverse sector leaders in the pahara fellowship, designing and launching an organizational impact pilot, and facilitating an evalu…
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
18 matching grants · $4.0M · through 2022Largest: $400,000 to HEALTHCONNECT ONE — improve initiation and duration of breastfeeding rates among low-income communities by expanding community-based, peer-to-peer support models that diversify both the maternal and c…
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
11 matching grants · $10.9M · through 2024Largest: $2.0M to ACENTO ACCION LOCAL ASOCIACION CIVIL — to strengthen human rights activism in mexico through diversifying philanthropic strategies and increasing equity in access to funds and resources for the mexican states
Largest: $385,000 to CENTER FOR CURATORIAL LEADERSHIP INC — core support for its fellowship training program that prepares museum curators for leadership roles and seeks to diversify the curatorial leadership track at cultural institutions
Largest: $200,000 to TEMPLE UNIVERSITY - COLLEGE OF EDUCATION — diversifying early education leadership fellowship
Largest: $100,000 to Michigan State University — to support scholarships and internships for students to diversify environmental reporting in the great lakes region.
Largest: $275,000 to EXCELENCIA IN EDUCATION INC — project support capacity to support student success in higher education through institutional transformation, diversified funding, expanded partnerships, and increased national vis…
Largest: $675,000 to PROJECT HOPE THE PEOPLE TO PEOPLE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC — 81764 diversifying health services scholarship, strengthening health equity scholarship, and expanding health affairs' equity-related content, 2024-2025
Largest: $295,000 to TIERRA VIVA — support farmers to transition their farms to agroecological practices and diversify their income so they can sustain their livelihoods and wellbeing in the highlands of ecuador
Largest: $100,000 to REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN — project support to build & diversify the gun violence prevention research field through the national research conference for the prevention of firearm-related harms that will bring…
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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 →