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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 “episode”
Where the money went
Largest: $345,401 to NYU SCHOOL OF MEDICINE — international brain laboratory (ibl); dissecting navigation and the general logic of episodic state computation
Largest: $332,973 to LOST WOMEN OF SCIENCE INITIATIVE INC — to research, produce, and release three seasons of lost women of science for a total of 20 podcast episodes telling in-depth stories of overlooked women in stem throughout history
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
6 matching grants · $1.4M · through 2024Largest: $250,000 to Lantigua Williams & Co Inc — in support of the production of 10 episodes for the first season of a new documentary podcast exploring the current and historic call for reparations to address the lingering impac…
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2022Largest: $125,000 to Reparations Media NFP — in support of reparation media's development of the change agents podcast., in support of reparations media to develop episodes of the change agents podcast dedicated to homeowners…
Largest: $303,667 to TRADEOFFS — to support eight podcast episodes, research newsletters and a live event covering topics related to diagnostic excellence.
Largest: $10,000 to AMERICAN ADVERTISING FEDERATION OF ROANOKE — two episode of buzz
Largest: $452,249 to THE MCLEAN HOSPITAL — support dr. virginie-anne chouinard in their work on the keto-bd trial: randomized controlled clinical trial of the ketogenic diet for brain energy metabolism and psychiatric sympt…
Largest: $12,000 to PUBLIC MEDIA NJTV — 81375 helping produce, broadcast, and market episodes from nj pbs' governors' perspectives with kent manahan series
Largest: $156,780 to VALLEYWISE HEALTH FOUNDATION — mesa first episode center
Largest: $100,000 to STEEPLECHASE FILMS INC — for production of episodes nine and ten of "new york: the future of cities" film series
Largest: $700,000 to UTAH FILM CENTER DBA SALT LAKE CITY FILM CENTER AND — to support the 5th episode of social studies
Largest: $100,000 to Entertainment 2 Affect Change — to research, develop, cast, and film for sales materials and final product of a multi-episode television series, featuring sean sherman, about indigenous culinary ingredients, cult…
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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 →