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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 “empowerher”
Where the money went
Largest: $1,500 to EMPOWER INC FKA EMPOWERHER INC — exempt purpose
Largest: $2,000 to EMPOWERHER — general charitable purposes
Largest: $30,000 to COMMUNITY HELPING PLACE — empowerher program for adolescent girls
Next for AutismNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $25,000 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to FISH IN A TREE — the empowerher program by fish in a tree provides recently diagnosed or self-identified adult autistic women with sensory-friendly tools, educational presentations and resources, a…
Alternatives for Community andRoxbury, MACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $25,000 · through 2023Largest: $25,000 to EMPOWERHER WELLNESS INC — addressing cumulative pollutions impacting women.
United Way of Massachusetts BayBoston, MACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $21,000 · through 2023Largest: $21,000 to EmpowerHER — community impact
Largest: $15,000 to PATHFINDERS RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT AREA INC — empowerher pathways: paving the way to freedom & opportunity with women and girls in wapello county
Apex Solutions FoundationOcean Township, NJ
1 matching grant · $15,500 · through 2023Largest: $15,500 to EMPOWERHER NG — equpping female graduates
Largest: $10,000 to MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY — empowerher leadership retreat
Women'S Foundation of AlabamaBirmingham, ALCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $10,000 · through 2023Largest: $10,000 to SIDEWALK FILM CENTER CINEMA — empowerher: elevating rural women filmmakers (women in film week 2024)
Largest: $10,000 to DISABILITY EMPOWERHER NETWORK — community charity
The Pokagon FundNew Buffalo, MI
1 matching grant · $5,750 · through 2024Largest: $5,750 to LIFE TREATMENT CENTERS — empowerher: jane's house
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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 →