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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 “encountering”
Where the money went
World Hunger Ecumenical Arizona Task ForcePhoenix, AZCharity · may take applications
23 matching grants · $42.0M · through 2023Largest: $10.6M to Regional Center for Border Health Inc — work with migrants encountered by dhs at the southern border through efsp cr23/hr23 program. wheat acts as the fiscal agent.
Largest: $1.0M to Encounter for Culture and Education Inc — to support encounter books
Largest: $30,000 to ENCOUNTER — bring influential jewish leaders from israel & u.s. to the west bank for direct contact with palestinian leaders in non-violence, activism, business, media, education and politics,…
Largest: $30,000 to MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER SUPPORT FOUNDATION — religious, educational, charitable, pro-marriage
Largest: $25,000 to GORDON LEWIS ULMER — ulmer, gordon (humboldt state u.) "multispecies encounters on the gahwtco (redwood) coast: landscapes of precarity and survivance in times of change"
The New Horizons FoundationColorado Springs, COCharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $124,100 · through 2024Largest: $27,400 to FREEDOM ENCOUNTER — program support
Largest: $360,644 to The Colburn School — summer encounter, gluck fellowship program, jumpstart young musicians program
Largest: $2,500 to STEPHANIE HAGGARTY-SHUMM — this individual is a tkc employee that has encountered an unexpected or unavoidable circumstance that created financial hardship.
Largest: $100,000 to ENCOUNTER PROGRAMS INCORPORATED — general operating
Largest: $75,000 to COMMUNITIES OVERCOMING VIOLENT ENCOUNTERS INC — general & unrestricted
Square and Compass Children'S ClinicTucson, AZCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $352,304 · through 2024Largest: $111,441 to CHILDREN'S CLINICS FOR REHABILITATIVE SERVICES — support patient encounters
Largest: $50,000 to END VIOLENT ENCOUNTERS — general operating
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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 →