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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 “embedding”
Where the money went
Largest: $1.4M to MILWAUKEE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING — create institute formation; kern scholarship fund; mba ed leadership program; em faculty development training; embedding em institutionally
Largest: $319,074 to UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN — simons collaboration on the many electron problem - group leader, quantum embedding
Largest: $73,161 to NATIONAL ASSN OF COS RSH FDN — 78205 engaging county leaders with actionable research and practical examples to produce best practices for embedding equity in local governance
Largest: $152,000 to Agriculture Improvement Support Services — embedding option by context interactions through improved participation and farmer leadership within the western kenyan ngos's farmer research network
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
7 matching grants · $5.0M · through 2022Largest: $1.8M to COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MISSISSIPPI — increase student achievement and outcomes by partnering with jackson public schools on its district transformation plan, embedding the science of reading into early childhood prepa…
Conrad N Hilton FoundationWestlake Village, CA
4 matching grants · $1.3M · through 2023Largest: $255,000 to JOINT LEARNING INITIATIVE ON FAITH AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES — to design a cross-disciplinary women of faith fellowship program, embedded in theology, gender equality and development elements, and recruit ten catholic sisters to pilot the prog…
Largest: $299,266 to REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO — embedding research into organizational routines to deepen the use of evidence
Largest: $610,136 to University of the Free State — phase 1: embedding a digitally enhanced student success & employability program
S H Cowell FoundationSan Francisco, CA
4 matching grants · $405,000 · through 2024Largest: $125,000 to REACH UNIVERSITY — to expand an apprenticeship-based, job-embedded undergraduate degree program for prospective teachers in the north state.
Largest: $20,000 to VILLANOVA UNIVSCHOOL OF ENGINEERING — james peyton jones's automotive & embedded system research
John Templeton FoundationWest Conshohocken, PA
3 matching grants · $876,573 · through 2024Largest: $362,336 to UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE — embedding the development of intellectual character within a university curriculum
Largest: $319,000 to SOFTWARE FREEDOM CONSERVANCY — utilize novel litigation and administrative action strategies to gain release of complete, corresponding source (ccs) for copylefted works on strategically selected embedded comput…
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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 →