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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 “either”
Where the money went
Largest: $9,250 to Up on Top — the foundation made donations / contributions to organizations whose purpose is to benefit either chidren's causes or women's rights issues related to reducing gender bias.
Largest: $70,000 to FUND FOR THE GUGGENHEIM FELLOWSHIPS — fellowship in either fiction, general nonfiction, or biography for a woman or a person of color
Folds of Honor Kansas CityPrairie Village, KSCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $4.4M · through 2024Largest: $1.6M to FOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION — funding of scholarships for spouses and dependent sons and daughters of service members who are either killed or permanentaly disabled while serving and defending our great nation.
Largest: $300,000 to ADOPT-A-SCIENTIST - CURE CANCER — to support cancer research at either md anderson cancer center or the dan l duncan comprehensive cancer center at baylor college of medicine. to adopt scientists that provide cance…
Largest: $100,000 to MARTY'S PLACE SENIOR DOG SANCTUARY INC — saving more seniors program; to support their foster and adoption programs will make it possible for more dog owners to either keep their dogs in their homes or confidently relinqu…
Largest: $100,000 to ROAD RECOVERY FOUNDATION INC — general support for an organization providing music-based youth development support for young people in new york who are in various forms of state care, either for substance abuse …
Largest: $114,000 to LIBERA INC — to "bridge" the gap for awarded grants caused by either a delay or reimbursable type grant
The Community Foundation for Greater NewNew Haven, CTCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $130,790 · through 2024Largest: $57,027 to HAMDEN HALL COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL — for the purpose of providing college and/or graduate or professional school scholarships and loans to deserving students graduating from either hamden hall country day school, or a…
Huntsville RehabilitationHuntsville, ALCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $142,000 · through 2024Largest: $45,000 to UNITED WAY OF MADISON COUNTY — provided funding to various human and health services agencies in madison county. the various agencies have either a health, financial stability or education focus.
Largest: $18,239 to INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE — general information on grants and assistance:the foundation maintains records to substantiate the amount of the grants or assistance, the grantees' eligible for the grants or assis…
Largest: $182,500 to LEGAL ACTION CENTER OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK INC — to support the black harm reduction network to cultivate a longer term infrastructure and conversation series that centers the histories, experiences, and policy ambitions of black…
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2022Largest: $320,000 to State University Of Iowa Foundation — center for advancement: dr. donald d. brown & judy k. barkalow faculty support fund in cardiology, tippie college of business excellence fund, support for college of business schol…
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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 →