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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 “edcation”
Where the money went
The American Opportunity FoundationAtlanta, GACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $73,000 · through 2024Largest: $48,000 to THE NATIONAL ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION OF SPELMAN COLLEGE ATLANTA CHP — edcational scholarships to qualified students
Edward & Bethel Kean CharitablePalm Beach Gardens, FL
3 matching grants · $30,000 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to ST PAUL OF THE CROSS PARISH — religious edcation
Largest: $25,000 to EDCATE YA INC — support operations and cultural awareness programs to improve access to education for latinx communities in clackamas, multnomah, and washington counties.
The Oregon Community FoundationPortland, ORCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $35,000 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to Edcate Ya — human services
Largest: $1,500 to CAROLINA RAMIERZ — scholarship for higher edcation
Largest: $5,000 to Lubavitch Educational CEnter — to further edcation assistance
Largest: $50,000 to MCKINNEY EDCATION FOUNDATION — providing education opportunities
Largest: $4,000 to BROWN UNIVERSITY — edcational scholarship
Largest: $10,000 to JEWISH PARTISAN EDCATIONAL FOUNDATION — to further charitable works.
Seeding JusticePortland, ORCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $10,000 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to EDCATE YA — project support
Tappan Easton FoundationGreenwood Village, CO
1 matching grant · $7,000 · through 2023Largest: $7,000 to UPTON REDEVELOPMENT CORP — to promote edcation, civil projects and to help the people most in need in upton.
Foundation for Global EducationHighlands Ranch, CO
1 matching grant · $9,000 · through 2022Largest: $9,000 to Open Door Baptist Mission — funds provided in support of women and children in need, through christian edcation and outreach.
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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 →