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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 “dying”
Where the money went
Rhonda'S KissCleveland, OHCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $836,925 · through 2024Largest: $255,000 to MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER — to enhance dignity to patients dying of cancer
Largest: $10,010 to Hospice of the East Bay — helps families of dying relatives in cc county
Forging Industry Educational andIndependence, OHCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $96,932 · through 2023Largest: $33,519 to NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY — enhance tool life and forging using die strain and flash-less die
Patriot Shootout - IndianaCarmel, INCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $922,030 · through 2024Largest: $364,030 to FOLDS OF HONOR — provide the national organization with grant funds that provide recipients with higher education scholarships and children's fund scholarships for spouses and dependents for servic…
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $800,000 · through 2022Largest: $250,000 to Malaria No More Fund — to support malaria no more's mission and vision of a world where no one dies of a mosquito bite.
Largest: $55,000 to LIVE FREE OR DIE ALLIANCE — civic/community
National Law Enforcement OfficersWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $1.4M · through 2024Largest: $450,000 to POLICE UNITY TOUR — to raise awareness of law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty.
Largest: $5,768 to Naline Minyard — assist with care of dying woman
Americans 4 SecurityPlover, WICharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $914,000 · through 2024Largest: $890,000 to SPEAK FREE OR DIE PAC — issue advocacy
Largest: $25,000 to Randolph Rose Collection — 50 % down payment for creation placement of memorial statue honoring special operators who died in freefall training ge donated to army military freefall school yuma arizona upon c…
Community Foundations of the HudsonPoughkeepsie, NYCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $838,300 · through 2024Largest: $776,000 to CIRCLE OF FRIENDS FOR THE DYING — human services
Largest: $265,000 to HANDS AT WORK — provide for orphans, widows and children dying in africa
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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 →