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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 “envisioning”
Where the money went
Largest: $150,000 to ENVISION EXCELLENCE IN STEM EDUCATION — grant writing and technical support fund for ecosystems that are trying to tap the nsf funding expected from the chips and science act
Illinois Humanities CouncilChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
27 matching grants · $235,850 · through 2022Largest: $19,550 to KNOX COLLEGE — 2023 envisioning justice grant
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
8 matching grants · $492,880 · through 2024Largest: $7,880 to Illinois Humanities Council Incorporated — to illinois humanities to support the envisioning justice network's participation in the envisioning justice spring convening, scheduled to take place april 15th - 16th, 2022 in sp…
L C Industries FoundationDurham, NCCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $3.5M · through 2024Largest: $1.5M to ENVISION FOUNDATION — support for the envision workforce innovation center
Largest: $1.0M to INTERLOCHEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS — envision interlochen at 100 campaign
Largest: $250,000 to THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK — support for envisioning an emerging adult developmental framework for system-involved youth
Largest: $200,000 to POLICYLINK — core support for the liberation in a generation project for policy development, capacity training to open policy windows and co-create with workers a transformative policy platform…
Foundation for Human DevelopmentChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $2.1M · through 2025Largest: $519,000 to ENVISION UNLIMITED — funding to assist with diversification of day programs, annual giving match.
Relationship Training InstituteDel Mar, CACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2025Largest: $350,304 to Envisioning Justice Solutions — administration of group treatment
Golden State Warriors CommunitySan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $235,000 · through 2023Largest: $75,000 to ENVISION EDUCATION — general programming
Largest: $336,012 to NATIONAL BLACK CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE INC — 81897 advocating a childcare paradigm centered on the needs of black children and families, envisioning universal accessibility based on family preferences
Largest: $894,000 to UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT SAN DIEGO — to support faculty and student scholarship and the creation of new courses that deploy speculative methods and center the histories of people of color to envision more just environ…
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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 →