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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 “entrepeneurs”
Where the money went
Largest: $15,000 to LOVE TAKES ROOT — solar oven for young baking entrepeneurs in haiti and school lunch program for students spoons, pots, plates, propanes, additional garden supplies breadfruit trees and kitchen staf…
Foundation for a Strong Maine EconomyAugusta, MECharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $1.5M · through 2023Largest: $867,935 to MAINE CENTER FOR ENTREPENEURS — award to invest in business acceleration programs delivered by maine center for entrepreneurs to maine food, bioscience and food tech companies
Sonya Staff FoundationLake Success, NY
2 matching grants · $40,000 · through 2023Largest: $25,000 to Social and Environmental Entrepeneurs- Releasing Aging Prisoners Project — funding for education and research.
The Community Foundation for the GreaterAlbany, NYCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $20,000 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPENEURS — grants requested by donor and approved by cfgcr: for scholarships to the opportunities exchange national conference
Dan River Business Development CenterDanville, VACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $514,500 · through 2022Largest: $288,618 to KEGERREIS DIGITAL MARKETING LLC — to provide educational opportunities to entrepeneurs and to attract, assist and encourage emerging service, technology and light manufacturing businesses.
Broadway Caresequity Fights AIDSNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $67,500 · through 2023Largest: $37,500 to SOCIAL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPENEURS (SEE) — unrestricted general support
Leadership Counsel for Justice andFresno, CACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $30,000 · through 2024Largest: $15,000 to SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPENEURS — collaborative climate change and health equity in fresno
Caravanserai ProjectPalm Springs, CACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $80,121 · through 2021Largest: $73,196 to MOSSIER SOCIAL ACTION AND INNOVATION CENTER — to further enhance social action and innovation through under-represented business owners and entrepeneurs
Largest: $1,000 to SCORE WESTCHESTER CHAPTER 306 — support for entrepeneur education.
Largest: $3,500 to FINCA INTERNATIONAL — to provide financial services for low income entrepeneurs
Largest: $30,000 to LEGALCORPS — entrepeneur's & inventors legal path to success
Maryland Philanthropy NetworkBaltimore, MDCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $50,000 · through 2022Largest: $50,000 to IGNITE CAPITAL INC — seed funding for social entrepeneurs
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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 →