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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 “establishing”
Where the money went
Largest: $1.0M to HIPPODROME FOUNDATION INC — grants are to be used in accordance with the established purpose of the recipient organization.
Largest: $850,000 to UNIVERSITY OF DENVER — all contributions made for the intent established by the various charities
Largest: $35.8M to MUSEUM OF LANGUAGE ARTS INC — all contributions made for the intent established by the various charities
Largest: $103,980 to NATIONAL SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITY — the establishment of skills development courses.
Largest: $100,000 to US HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM — all contributions made for the intent established by the various charities
Largest: $590,000 to ICESI UNIVERSITY — core support for the center of afrodiasporic studies, to strengthen it's institutional capacity and to establish an ethnic and gender equity fund with grassroots organizations for …
Largest: $994,656 to AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION INC — 81499 establishing the health equity research network to develop equitable community-driven approaches to knowledge creation
Largest: $200,000 to ST LUKE'S FOUNDATION — support established organization.
Largest: $840,000 to GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY — to establish an institute that convenes, supports and provides accessible, actionable, nonpartisan insights to the stakeholders and institutions that design, operate, study and gov…
Largest: $350,000 to MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA FOUNDATION — to establish a centralized graduate medical education office to establish residency programs in newly acquired rural hospitals.
ElunaPhiladelphia, PACharity · may take applications
79 matching grants · $2.1M · through 2024Largest: $192,331 to CLEMSON UNIVERSITY LEARNING INSTITUTE — the establishment and operation of camp mariposa
Atid FoundationFort Lauderdale, FL
77 matching grants · $2.6M · through 2024Largest: $347,245 to Tiferet Amram — grants are to be used in accordancewith the established purpose of the recipient organization.
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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 →