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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 “editor”
Where the money went
Largest: $19,050 to SUMESH SHARMA — research scholar and editor
Largest: $135,000 to HARVARD U — 79422 supporting an experienced health editor for harvard's journalist's resource program to continue coverage of public health and health equity research
Sofia'S HopeMiami, FLCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $359,296 · through 2025Largest: $105,000 to The Research Foundation for the State of New York — the purpose of this grant is to help fund research in pediatric cardio-oncology, specifically to provide funding support for a clinical research coordinator/medical editor who will…
Allied Media ProjectsDetroit, MICharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $177,920 · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to INVESTIGATIVE REPORTERS AND EDITORS INC — critical minded, a fiscally sponsored project of allied media projects, has awarded the investigative reporters and editors inc, a $50,000 general support grant on behalf of hell g…
Rsf Social FinanceSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $419,200 · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to INVESTIGATIVE REPORTERS AND EDITORS INC — to support freelance investigative reporters & editors (fire); for lux magazine
Largest: $40,000 to INVESTIGATIVE REPORTERS AND EDITORS INC — to advance investigative and data journalism by supporting the annual conferences of the investigative reporters and editors and the national institute for computer-assisted report…
Largest: $256,457 to MOREHOUSE COLLEGE — to support the ida b. wells society for investigative reporting at morehouse college and its efforts to increase the ranks, retention, and profile of reporters and editors of color…
Largest: $105,000 to INVESTIGATIVE REPORTERS AND EDITORS INC — support for taboom medias cross-sector religion and media stakeholder engagement and documentation project.
Largest: $669,000 to GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY — to support the creation of a high-quality literary journal which will publish works by incarcerated writers and be staffed by incarcerated editors
Motion Picture Editors GuildHollywood, CACharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $84,500 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to AMERICAN CINEMA EDITORS — sponsorship for various events
Inasmuch FoundationOklahoma City, OK
4 matching grants · $310,000 · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to INVESTIGATIVE REPORTERS AND EDITORS — general operating ($200,000; 2-year grant)
Largest: $50,000 to FO GUANG SHAN INTERNATIONAL TRANSLA — to support the team of translators and editors, provide quality production and design to publications, print and ship the translations to whoever wants one, as well as find and ser…
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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 →