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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 “enforcement”
Where the money went
The Institute for IntergovernmentalTallahassee, FLCharity · may take applications
75 matching grants · $5.1M · through 2024Largest: $239,964 to NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF BLACK LAW ENFORCEMENT EXECUTIVES — identify and learn why individuals are attracted to professions in law enforcement
United Way of New York CityNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
95 matching grants · $60.3M · through 2024Largest: $7.9M to JUSTICE INNOVATION INC — atlas is comprised of three programs: atlas functional family therapy, atlas innovation fund, and atlas hope (healing, opportunity, progress, empowerment). additionally, uwnyc prov…
Largest: $90,000 to POLICE EXECUTIVE RESEARCH FORUM — to convene stakeholders to discuss needs and challenges faced by law enforcement in petitioning for and enforcing extreme risk protective order laws.
The Matt Haverkamp FoundationCleves, OHCharity · may take applications
36 matching grants · $460,876 · through 2025Largest: $19,750 to COLERAIN TOWNSHIP POLICE DEPARTMENT — law enforcement
Florida Sheriffs AssociationTallahassee, FLCharity · may take applications
32 matching grants · $735,211 · through 2023Largest: $123,600 to POLK COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE — cit law enforcement agency reimbursement
Largest: $200,000 to NATIONAL DAY LABORER ORGANIZING NETWORK — core support for the dale (deferred action for labor enforcement) campaign, to reverse the subordination of worker rights enforcement to immigration law enforcement; and for immigr…
Columbia AssociationColumbia, MDCharity · may take applications
40 matching grants · $13.6M · through 2024Largest: $510,381 to Long Reach Community Association — conducting day-to-day services, covenant enforcement, and operations of the community buildings.
Largest: $976,545 to NATIONAL HLT LAW PROG — 79662 protecting individuals against the adverse effects of automated decision-making systems and enforcing due process in determining medicaid coverage
Largest: $100,000 to THE GOOD NATION FOUNDATION INC — the prometheus conspiracy - advancing health equity via research: to advance health and racial equity by engaging in research and data analysis on public funds being used to perpet…
Largest: $95,000 to National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund — general operating support
Largest: $1.0M to EAGLE - US — to conduct investigations and related law enforcement activities across the african continent.
Largest: $10,000 to NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL FUND — program support
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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 →