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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 “drop”
Where the money went
Largest: $350,000 to THE AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR THE TEL AVIV FOUNDATION — to support a capital project for a new hub that will serve as a drop-in center for individuals from the lgbtq community to access employment trainings, group therapy, and culturall…
Legal Services of New JerseyEdison, NJCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $51.3M · through 2024Largest: $18.2M to SOUTH JERSEY LEGAL SERVICES — grants/assistance were awarded for the following legal services program:iolta basic grant $2,727,628iolta eatc $1,300,836state of nj subgrant $10,622,503hud $74,055state of nj - fi…
Westlake Health FoundationOakbrook Terrace, IL
5 matching grants · $925,000 · through 2025Largest: $225,000 to NAMI METRO SUBURBAN — living rooms & drop in center
Largest: $25,000 to MINISTRY WITH COMMUNITY — support for drop-in/meals program and responding to the needs of others served by the organization
Largest: $574,800 to FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC — to tackle challenging long-standing problems in quantum and classical turbulence research fields using levitated superfluid liquid helium drops and liquid helium flow apparatus.
Largest: $20,000 to YMCA of Greater Seattle — the charlie labenz youth development center was designed to address this need in south king county, providing a space specifically designed for teens in this region to hang out and…
Largest: $499,985 to One Drop Foundation Inc — indigenous water allyship (iwa) second phase diag nostic and planning
Largest: $89,376 to YAMHILL COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP — youth services at newberg drop-in center
Largest: $85,000 to LC VALLEY YOUTH RESOURCE CENTER — drop-in and overnight programs
Largest: $150,000 to THE UNIVERSITY OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS — to augment the efforts of the center for student success to prepare young people for college and to provide remedial help to uvi students in danger of dropping out
Largest: $90,000 to TIDES FOUNDATION — one drop of kindness
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
4 matching grants · $275,000 · through 2024Largest: $75,000 to DROP IN SELF HELP CENTER — jobs and family economic security
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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 →