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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 “emphasis”
Where the money went
Dream PartnershipCamp Hill, PACharity · may take applications
23 matching grants · $652,619 · through 2024Largest: $81,855 to PENN STATE UNIVERSITY (HARRISBURG) — to provide inclusive education and offer students opportunities for global perspectives, interactive learning, and personal attention, through a welcoming and safe environment, ind…
Largest: $20,000 to UNITED WAY OF RUSK COUNTY — support local childcare services with an emphasis on healthcare and healthcare education
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
11 matching grants · $4.3M · through 2022Largest: $945,208 to FONDATION CONNAISSANCE ET LIBERTE FONDASYON KONESANS AK LIBETE FOKAL — strengthen education in haiti and facilitate access to quality and culturally relevant education by creating an education fund focused on system research, innovation, governance an…
Conrad N Hilton FoundationWestlake Village, CA
8 matching grants · $3.3M · through 2024Largest: $740,000 to SOCIAL JUSTICE PARTNERS LOS ANGELES — to host the conrad n. hilton foundation policy & systems change fellowship program, recruiting a new generation of public sector leaders to prevent and end homelessness across los …
Largest: $102,000 to FUMA Gaskiya — women's fields-iii: refining fuma gaskiya's farmer research network approach with special emphasis on co-creation and data sharing with farmers
Largest: $5.3M to SAINT PAUL AND MINNESOTA FOUNDATION — saint paul and minnesota foundation (spmf) will manage the archibald bush legacy fund, an endowed fund to make post-secondary education accessible for high school students in st. p…
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $2.1M · through 2022Largest: $529,000 to Carole Robertson Center for Learning — support to provide comprehensive child and family development programs, including apprenticeship models for early childhood professionals in chicago, general operating support in l…
Largest: $200,000 to TREES WATER AND PEOPLE — core support to research, map and connect ongoing economic alternatives in central and north america and the caribbean, and promote learning and exchange channels with emphasis on …
Largest: $400,000 to GATHERING FOR JUSTICE INC — advancing health and racial equity in california justice systems: to promote health and racial equity by supporting community organizing, policy advocacy and youth leadership devel…
Virginia Commonwealth University FoundatRichmond, VACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $44.1M · through 2024Largest: $11.7M to VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY — the foundation exists solely to assist, support, and foster virginia commonwealth university in all proper ways that may from time to time be approved by the trustees of the founda…
Largest: $418,038 to ULI Foundation — to build capacity and support programming that allows for educating diverse stakeholder groups and advancing best practices in real estate development for land-use management, with…
Largest: $50,000 to DUKE UNIVERSITY — to support a doctoral research fellow at the sanford school of public policy to study the structure, content, and effects of the contemporary news ecosystem, with a particular emph…
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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 →