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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 “driver”
Where the money went
Largest: $111,075 to RUTGERS ST U OF NJ CTR FOR ST HLT POL — 76850 designing a population-based cohort study to generate new knowledge about drivers of population health and health equity in new jersey
Largest: $245,394 to JUSTICE SYSTEM PARTNERS — to conduct research to understand drivers of prosecutorial decision-making across key decision points.
Largest: $58,000 to AMERICAN AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION — driver's education
Largest: $100,000 to INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION FOR LABOR RIGHTS — support to the international alliance of app-based care transport workers global federation of grassroots driver organizations to ensure that the voices of drivers globally are ref…
Largest: $850,000 to President and Fellows of Harvard College — to support a suite of studies on long-term drivers of student achievement both within schools and beyond the classroom, including research on social capital, civic outcomes, driver…
Largest: $156,450 to NORTH CAROLINA JUSTICE CENTER — support efforts to lead the southern partnership to reduce debt campaign to reduce traffic court debt, fines and drivers license suspensions in north carolina
The Physicians FoundationAustin, TXCharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $815,985 · through 2024Largest: $150,000 to MEDICAL SOCIETY OF SEDGWICK COUNTY PHYSICIAN LEADERSHIP ALLIANCE — improving patient outcomes through enhanced drivers of health
Largest: $95,000 to CLAYTON CHRISTENSEN INSTITUTE — to develop and disseminate a research report about a drivers of health: child and family well-being" framework
Triumph Gulf CoastTallahassee, FLCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $12.5M · through 2024Largest: $9.2M to PENSACOLA STATE COLLEGE — this grant will assist in helping meet the unmet job demands of local and regional employers by increasing the capacity of pensacola state college's commercial vheicle driving prog…
Largest: $250,000 to ASSOCIATION FOR ENTERPRISE OPPORTUNITY INC — this grant will help grow aeos research engine and capabilities, generate a greater understanding of how business ownership can serve as a critical driver for social and economic m…
Largest: $398,700 to WASHINGTON STATE HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY — to identify and address drivers of healthcare cost growth in washington state.
Largest: $816,358 to KING'S COLLEGE LONDON — prenatal drivers of infant islet autoimmunity (pisa study)
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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 →

