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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 “excess”
Where the money went
Mississippi Ednet InstituteJackson, MSCharity · may take applications
24 matching grants · $1.3M · through 2024Largest: $70,042 to MS AUTHORITY FOR EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION — this is a distribution of excess funds, in accordance with the purpose of mississippi ednet, set forth in the organization's by-laws.
Largest: $173,000 to LIGHTHOUSE POLICY GROUP LLC — to research state public option programs and related policies aimed at limiting excessive provider prices.
Largest: $449,500 to IN EXCESS OF 125 INDIVIDUALS — 1,000 to 3,500 scholarships
Mrlilly P & Mary Dickey Memorial FdBrooklyn, OHCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $1.2M · through 2025Largest: $344,017 to Lake Erie College — to be used for salaries of foreign language teachers. any excess to be used for other teachers.
Largest: $50,000 to HYDROCEPHALUS ASSOCIATION — charitable contribution - organization dedicated to research on hydrocephalus, a condition defined by an abnormal, excessive accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid within the cavities…
Largest: $500,000 to Equal Justice Initiative — general operations to support eji's work to end mass incarceration, excessive punishment and racial equality
Largest: $62,457 to VARIOUS RECIPIENTS — (i) the society paid a total of $61,858 to 17 indigent persons/families (an average of $3,639). of this total, thirteen individuals/families received amounts in excess of $1,000. s…
Largest: $22,499 to EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE — to end mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the united states, to challenging racial and economic injustice, and to protecting basic human rights for the most vulnerable …
Largest: $368,019 to COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY VAGELOS COLLEGE (PRO RATA FINAL EXCESS DIST - SEC 507B — jaharis fam fnd (old) final excess dist. transfer to jaharis fam fnd (new)
Ahold Delhaize USA Family FoundationCarlisle, PACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $94,000 · through 2024Largest: $54,000 to SHARING EXCESS — hunger relief
Largest: $15,000 to Johns Hopkins University Department of Medicine — the ongoing research investigates whether vitamin d replacement:1)helps reduce risk factors for cardiovascular disease, namely hypertension and high cholesterol.2)reduces blood clo…
Osho AcademySanta Barbara, CACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $60,000 · through 2023Largest: $15,000 to FOOD BANK OF SANTA BARBARA — distribute excess funds to qualified organizations whose mission osho would support
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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 →