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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 “entrepreneurs”
Where the money went
Largest: $25,000 to BLACK ENTREPRENEURS OF THE FLINT HILLS ASSOCIATION — support for the time and expenses to participate in a learning community of kansas city entrepreneur support organizations focused on black and latinx entrepreneurs. 202307-14123
The Community Foundation for Greater NewNew Haven, CTCharity · may take applications
204 matching grants · $2.1M · through 2024Largest: $18,000 to GATHER NEW HAVEN — to support the protection and care of the quinnipiac meadows/fargeorge nature preserve, as well as to support enhancements to the growing entrepreneurs program, schooner scholarshi…
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
76 matching grants · $18.8M · through 2024Largest: $560,381 to SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS OF NEW ORLEANS — support and grow low-income entrepreneurs of color and create and strengthen inclusive entrepreneurial ecosystems that address social and economic disparities in impoverished commu…
Largest: $75,000 to SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS INC — interrupting criminalization - advancing health and racial equity: to advance a vision for health and racial equity through research, education, network building, and strategy supp…
Caravanserai ProjectPalm Springs, CACharity · may take applications
72 matching grants · $561,500 · through 2024Largest: $12,500 to PAUL CASAS VIDEOGRAPHY — provide mission-driven entrepreneurs support and funding
Largest: $100,000 to Endeavor NWA Entrepreneurs — to provide mentorship and technical assistance to stem/research and development focused entrepreneurs from the u.s. heartland to help accelerate their growth.
Largest: $45,000 to NEW YORK PROFESSIONAL ADVISORS FOR COMMUNITY ENTREPRENEURS — nypace growth-ready entrepreneur development & mentoring programs
Largest: $25,000 to The Nashville Entrepreneur Center — nashville entrepreneur center general operating support
Largest: $300,000 to SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS INC — for the formerly incarcerated, convicted people & families movement (ficpfm)
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
28 matching grants · $19.0M · through 2023Largest: $1.4M to Allies for Community Business — general operating support. support for neighborhood entrepreneurship lab and (first-time grant). support to provide the capital, coaching and connections entrepreneurs need to grow…
Largest: $185,000 to Regents of the University of Michigan — to support research and data collection to assist off-grid energy entrepreneurs in their selection of new project sites.
Largest: $150,000 to SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS INC — support to identify people who have been impacted by and build awareness regarding the inequities of the adoption and safe families act
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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 →