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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 “effects”
Where the money went
Largest: $2.8M to LIBERTY HILL FOUNDATION — organizational effectiveness
Largest: $1.2M to TERNER HOUSING INNOVATION LABS INC — to support (1) the scaling of grantee's housing supply simulator tool to new states and municipalities to assist policymakers and researchers in determining the market effects of i…
Largest: $500,000 to CENTER FOR EFFECTIVE PHILANTHROPY — 79083 general operating support for the center for effective philanthropy, 2021-2024
Largest: $525,000 to CENTER FOR EFFECTIVE PHILANTHROPY — general support and project support for research on the effects of large, multi-year gifts on nonprofits
Largest: $585,000 to EFFECTIVE ALTRUIST COMMUNICATIONS FELLOWSHIP INC — effective altruist communications fellowship
Largest: $75,000 to (639) CENTER FOR EFFECTIVE PHILANTHROPY INC — sector effectiveness: to support research on the effects of large, unrestricted gifts to nonprofits
Ohio Education AssociationColumbus, OHCharity · may take applications
119 matching grants · $2.5M · through 2024Largest: $75,299 to SOUTH-WESTERN EDUCATION ASSOCIATION — effective locals
Largest: $5,000 to GRANTMAKERS FOR EFFECTIVE ORGANIZATIONS — in support of the grantmakers for effective organizations 2024 national conference in los angeles, california, may 20 - 22, 2024.
Conrad N Hilton FoundationWestlake Village, CA
67 matching grants · $19.6M · through 2024Largest: $225,000 to CENTER FOR EFFECTIVE PHILANTHROPY INC — to support a longitudinal study on the effects of large, unrestricted gifts on nonprofits
Meb Alliance for Educator DiversityPeachtree City, GACharity · may take applications
49 matching grants · $6.0M · through 2024Largest: $1.5M to MURSION INC — to strengthen teacher preparation at msis by improving the teaching and learning conditions for all candidates, increasing capacity of the msi to implement a sustainable process of…
National Institute for Excellence inScottsdale, AZCharity · may take applications
74 matching grants · $28.8M · through 2024Largest: $3.9M to PERRY TOWNSHIP SCHOOLS — improving educator effectiveness
Largest: $5,000 to TOURO SYNAGOGUE — to effect exempt purpose
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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 →