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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 “entrepreneurial”
Where the money went
Largest: $250,000 to NAWBO INSTITUTE FOR ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT — support to build capacity for a customized ai-powered search engine capacity to enable users to navigate their entrepreneurial journey. 202410-16674
National Collegiate Investors &Hadley, MACharity · may take applications
53 matching grants · $1.5M · through 2023Largest: $50,000 to Arizona State University — grants to help fund and support faculty with innovative ideas to create new or transform existing courses and programs to help students develop novel, stem-based inventions and gai…
Rochester Economic DevelopmentRochester, NYCharity · may take applications
47 matching grants · $1.6M · through 2022Largest: $84,637 to THIRD EYE NETWORK LLC — entrepreneurial support program
Largest: $360,000 to P4L dba Lemonade Day — to support an organization that will expand opportunities for young people to participate in entrepreneurial activities and expand the entrepreneurial ecosystems within the mott af…
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
28 matching grants · $7.2M · through 2022Largest: $600,000 to NORTHERN GREAT LAKES INITIATIVE — create a strong entrepreneurial support system for battle creek-based entrepreneurs by hosting a minimum of three small business and entrepreneurial training programs per year and …
Largest: $1.3M to 40 Schools — to train emerging education leaders through an entrepreneurial-focused fellowship program.
Largest: $15,000 to WOMEN'S ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT CENTER — entrepreneurial training programs
Largest: $5,000 to TALAN REYNOLDS — scholarship based on individual's ability to demonstrate academic achievement, financial need, and an express interest in pursuing a degree in business or entrepreneurial business.
Largest: $5,000 to UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH INSTITUTE FOR ENTREPRENEURIAL EXCELLENCE — entrepreneurial education
Largest: $1.1M to NASDAQ ENTREPRENEURIAL CENTER INC — harnessing ai and data insights to accelerate capital success
Largest: $150,000 to UNIVERSITY OF CHARLESTON — for the university of charleston downtown innovation hub to provide entrepreneurial and innovation-related programming to develop businesses within a 10-county region
Largest: $760,600 to THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS — embedding em institutionally; keen implementation; entrepreneurial minded faculty development training
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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 →