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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 “docent”
Where the money went
California Healthcare FoundationOakland, CACharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $1.2M · through 2023Largest: $457,830 to KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN OF WASHINGTON — optimizing the primary care team workforce: phase i planning; docent-commonspirit birth equity evaluation; delta center california evaluation; chcf telehealth learning collaborativ…
Largest: $31,000 to MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM — junior docent program; photography acquisition
Louise M Davies FoundationSan Francisco, CA
4 matching grants · $57,500 · through 2025Largest: $20,000 to CATHEDRAL OF ST MARY OF THE ASSUMPT — support docent school program and catholic school choir project
California State Parks FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $56,300 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to MALIBU CREEK DOCENTS — 2023 state parks improvement
Largest: $10,000 to HUDSON RIVER MUSEUM — junior docent program
Josephine Stedem Scripps FoundationBainbridge Island, WA
3 matching grants · $17,000 · through 2023Largest: $7,000 to TORREY PINES DOCENT SOCIETY — preservation, planning,and maintenace for the torry pines reserve
Largest: $50,000 to DAVID LABKOVKSKI PROJECT — david labkovski projectstudent docent & leadership training program (sdltp)
Carson-Tahoe Health SystemCarson City, NVCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $57,978 · through 2023Largest: $30,780 to THE NATURE CONSERVANCY — develop a volunteer docent program at river fork ranch in genoa
Largest: $15,000 to HUDSON RIVER MUSEUM OF WESTCHESTER — to support the junior docent teen leadership program
The Macrae FoundationMercer Island, WA
2 matching grants · $33,000 · through 2023Largest: $20,000 to SEATTLE ART MUSEUM — support of the docent committee's educational fund and the native american art department
Largest: $10,000 to DOCENT COUNCIL OF THE GLADYS PORTER ZOO — educational & community purposes
Largest: $5,000 to MONO BASIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY — 2024 docent program
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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 →