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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 “england”
Largest: $75,000 to (767) THIRD SECTOR NEW ENGLAND INC — sector effectiveness: to support a new leadership new england study
Boston FoundationBoston, MACharity · may take applications
105 matching grants · $13.0M · through 2024Largest: $1.9M to New England Conservatory of Music Inc — operating support/annual fund
Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater BostonBoston, MACharity · may take applications
58 matching grants · $7.5M · through 2024Largest: $413,148 to Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation - Greater New England Chapter — daf - health care & research
Largest: $50,000 to NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM — path to zero carbon emissions through capital improvements at the new england aquarium
Largest: $3.5M to THIRD SECTOR NEW ENGLAND — 80607 supporting the network for public health law, 2023-2025
Largest: $252,500 to THIRD SECTOR NEW ENGLAND INC — exempt purpose
New Hampshire Charitable FoundationConcord, NHCharity · may take applications
48 matching grants · $2.4M · through 2024Largest: $20,000 to Executive Service Corps Of New England Inc — to support esc catalyst fellowship program to bring at least 4 nh residents
The Rhode Island Community FoundationProvidence, RICharity · may take applications
45 matching grants · $2.6M · through 2024Largest: $681,086 to NEW ENGLAND ACADEMY OF TORAH INC — faith-based (primary)
Health New EnglandSpringfield, MACharity · may take applications
41 matching grants · $1.2M · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to THIRD SECTOR NEW ENGLAND INC — awards in alignment of health new england's mission
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
27 matching grants · $5.7M · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to THIRD SECTOR NEW ENGLAND INC — advance racial equity in new mexico by supporting an ecosystem of bernalillo and dona ana county nonprofits serving children and families through capacity building, racial equity r…
Maine Community FoundationEllsworth, MECharity · may take applications
27 matching grants · $1.7M · through 2024Largest: $26,420 to University of New England — universities, art museum, scholarships
Largest: $2.8M to THIRD SECTOR NEW ENGLAND INC — research and education on early childhood development
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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 →