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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 “essential”
Where the money went
Largest: $2.0M to UNITED WAY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN — essential services
Largest: $56,000 to FOSTER ADOPT CONNECT INC — community - essential human services
Largest: $75,269 to LOS ANGELES REVIEW OF BOOKS — to support thriving arts essential for a healthy democracy
Goodwill Industries InternationalRockville, MDCharity · may take applications
33 matching grants · $11.4M · through 2025Largest: $1.6M to GOODWILL IND OF KENTUCKY INC — accenture global accelerating oa 2024, accenture skills to succeed 2024, caterpillar career certificates 2025, google gdca ai essentials 2024, life launch ignite 2.0, operations (n…
PathSeattle, WACharity · may take applications
34 matching grants · $21.8M · through 2023Largest: $3.4M to HJF MEDICAL RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL INC — essential medicines
Largest: $30,000 to MISSION OAK CLIFF - CLIFF TEMPLE BAPTIST CHURCH — humanitarian grant to purchase food, clothing and other essential items for the underserved in the dfw area
Largest: $542,732 to ESSENTIAL HOSPS INST — 79739 supporting the essential hospitals institute in developing and sharing resources to help members act on the drivers of structural racism in healthcare
Montaner Charitable Tr UwTaos, NMCharity · may take applications
28 matching grants · $1.3M · through 2025Largest: $50,769 to UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO FOUNDATION INC — essential operations
Largest: $50,000 to GENERAL NEEDS LTD — essential needs
Permanent Endowment Fund ofGalveston, TXCharity · may take applications
25 matching grants · $1.9M · through 2022Largest: $705,000 to New Room Inc — essential needs
National Alliance of State andWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
23 matching grants · $988,143 · through 2022Largest: $75,000 to THE NEXT HARM REDUCTION — to support the capacity of the infectious disease workforce in partnership with syringe services programs (ssps) to serve as critically essential access points for comprehensive re…
Largest: $100,000 to CITY OF POUGHKEEPSIE — multi-year support for the purchase and distribution of clothing essentials, diapers, and hygiene products for children and youth.
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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 →