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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 “excluding”
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East Denver Colfax PartnershipDenver, COCharity · may take applications
52 matching grants · $652,500 · through 2025Largest: $15,000 to MAKE IT SO LLC — rent or mortgage payments (excluding taxes), utilities and insurance payroll, benefits, or incentives (e.g., bonuses) to hire and retain workers other operating expenses
Largest: $250,000 to MAKE THE ROAD NEW YORK — core support for the excluded no more campaign which works to address unjust gaps in social safety net programs that exclude people based on immigration status or because of the ki…
Largest: $2.2M to COMMUNITY CATALYST — 81739 ensuring that marketplace coverage meets the needs of systematically excluded communities that face high out-of-pocket costs
Largest: $40,350 to NATIONAL CATHOLIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — toward general operating expenses, excluding salary of edward robinson.
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
7 matching grants · $2.3M · through 2022Largest: $120,610 to TECHSOUP GLOBAL — advance racial equity in the web3 and crypto ecosystem through stakeholder centered, ethnographic research to ensure bipoc communities who have been historically excluded from the …
Largest: $100,000 to MILE HIGH MONTESSORI EARLY LEARNING — general operating support, excluding
Largest: $200,000 to SAN DIEGO LESBIAN GAY BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER C — engage san diego - advancing health equity via civic engagement: to provide supportive services and increased visibility for a collaborative network of non-profit organizations wor…
Largest: $120,000 to UNR Foundation — unr scholarships for women's other sports (excluding basketball, volleyball & soccer)
Honorable Order of Kentucky ColonelsLouisville, KYCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $40,711 · through 2024Largest: $8,828 to Sphinx Academy — 39 chairs excluding shipping
Largest: $900,000 to MAKE THE ROAD NEW YORK INC — to provide support for the expansion of the new york state excluded workers fund
The Community Foundation of Greater ChattanoogaChattanooga, TNCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $740,000 · through 2024Largest: $732,000 to MCKEE PARKS TRAILS AND GREENWAYS — general operating support excluding officer compensation
Largest: $10,000 to COLUMBIA COUNTY SANCTUARY MOVEMENT — to support member organizing, the organizations participation in the statewide excluded no more coalition, which is working to secure financial resources for excluded workers, and …
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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 →