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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 “elements”
Where the money went
Largest: $100,000 to THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOR LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS — core support for the schomburg center for research in black culture archival specialist work on the more than 10,500 film elements in their collection
Largest: $8,400 to UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE — advanced nonlocal dielectric continuum ion channel models and their fast finite element solvers
Largest: $1.1M to NATIONAL QUALITY FORUM — to support the development of international standards for novel data elements needed for measuring diagnostic quality.
United Way of New York CityNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
14 matching grants · $1.2M · through 2024Largest: $246,996 to NATIONAL COUNCIL OF TEACHERS OF ENGLISH — education read write & code- rwc builds upon lessons learned from readnyc, uwnycs decade-long literacy program in mott haven in the bronx, and adds new elements to help prepare chi…
Weingart FoundationLos Angeles, CA
8 matching grants · $1.5M · through 2024Largest: $500,000 to CHANGE ELEMENTAL — support for the jwm fellows program
Swig FoundationSan Francisco, CA
7 matching grants · $126,675 · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to CONGREGATION EMANU-EL — providing life-long innovative, jewish education and cultural activities that reinforce positive, empowering elements of jewish life and history.
Largest: $66,000 to Arizona State University — electrocatalyst formation from extracted critical trace elements in copper ores (effect eco)
Public AdvocatesSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $360,000 · through 2024Largest: $68,000 to LEGAL AID OF MARIN — supporting tracking, implementation, and enforcement of housing elements through the bay area
Largest: $115,000 to CHANGE ELEMENTAL — to provide equity coaching to up to 10 grantees working to operationalize equity throughout their organizations. this is one of seven grants on this docket to organizations acting …
Largest: $49,750 to BRIDGEWAY CAPITAL INC — for community engagement and youth education elements of bridgeway capital's susquehanna street art and design corridor (ssadc) project
Park Nicollet FoundationSt Louis Park, MNCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $1.7M · through 2024Largest: $874,998 to PARK NICOLLET CLINIC — to support programs and services for patients, families and community members though: cancer support, mental health, school based health resource centers, jane brattain breast cent…
Ascap FoundationNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $59,193 · through 2025Largest: $17,349 to Broadway Inbound — the children will listen program was established to introduce students to musical theatre. educational materials are provided to the teachers to discuss elements of a live musical …
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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 →