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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 “emphasize”
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Largest: $1.6M to AMERICAN CANCER SOC — 79646 creating a comprehensive medicaid narrative to emphasize the program's potential for improving low-income individuals' equitable access to healthcare
Largest: $850,000 to HUNTER COLLEGE — to continue support for an undergraduate program for advanced research in the public humanities emphasizing social justice themes
Largest: $1.5M to FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY — a world-class institutionas miami's first and only public research university, offering bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees, fiu is worlds ahead in its service to the academ…
Largest: $334,000 to AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION — to redesign the carnegie classification system, emphasizing social and economic mobility, and higher educations benefit to society.
CenterlinkFort Lauderdale, FLCharity · may take applications
10 matching grants · $186,875 · through 2023Largest: $20,125 to BORDERLAND RAINBOW CENTER — to fund a capacity-building program designed to support lgbtq+ community organizations to emphasize enhancing safe and inclusive environments for individuals aged twenty-one (21) a…
Largest: $225,000 to THE INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP — to continue supporting knowledge generation related to the regional context, emphasizing the ecuadorian crisis and the generalized insecurity in mexico, identifying best practices …
Largest: $50,000 to CALMATTERS — expanding racial and health equity in media reports: to produce work in spanish for access by media partners and to provide reports, investigative stories and commentary on health …
Japan-America Institute of ManagementHonolulu, HICharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $509,898 · through 2024Largest: $477,399 to UH FOUNDATION — to further the advancement of educational programs that emphasize the qualities essential for success in the international arena.
Largest: $50,000 to ROOM IN THE INN — to provide programs that emphasize human development and recovery through education, self-help and work, centered in community and long term support for those who call the streets …
Largest: $36,100 to SAN ANTONIO LIVESTOCK EXPOSITION INC — junior livestock auction - emphasizes agriculture and education to develop the youth of texas
Largest: $610,000 to PHOENIX COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL — prepares promising students to become responsible leaders and lifelong learners through an education that emphasizes intellectual engagement, independence, collaboration, creativit…
Largest: $155,822 to BELGIAN FRANCQUI CHAIRS — awarded to belgians who accept a teaching appointment at another belgian university. the francqui chair awards encourages exchanges between belgian universities. the inaugural lect…
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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 →