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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 “execution”
Where the money went
Largest: $225,000 to SEATTLE UNIVERSAL MATH MUSEUM — new executive director
Largest: $100,000 to THE CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEGRITY — to execute transfer of accountability project tech platform from the investigative reporting workshop to cpi, raise awareness of the tool among local news organizations to drive ad…
Largest: $150,000 to RODEL INSTITUTE — for support of the federal executive fellowship
Largest: $393,520 to NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY — the allstate foundation executive leadership program
Largest: $2.6M to Arizona State University Foundation for A New American University — to support the center on reinventing public education (crpe), housed within arizona state university's (asu) mary lou fulton college of education, to execute multi-year research an…
Largest: $50,000 to ALLIES FOR CHILDREN — to partially cover the cost of an executive director search and the consulting fee for the interim executive director
Largest: $25,000 to State Higher Education Executive Officers — state higher education executive officers organization annual membership conference.
Largest: $16,000 to RISING SUN ENERGY CENTER — to support a leadership grant for glendie domingo, director of climate career, to obtain an executive scholar certificate in nonprofit management through the center for nonprofit m…
Largest: $58,000 to STATE VOICES — for the executive directors of color cohort: relationships & resilience project, a leadership development program for a diverse group of executive directors
Largest: $10,000 to ASSOCIATION OF BLACK FOUNDATION EXECUTIVES INC — to renew kresge's institutional membership with the association for black foundation executives (abfe).
Largest: $1,000 to PAINTED BRIDE ART CENTER INC — executive coaching: leading with impact: nonprofit executive certificate
Largest: $26,027 to ROUND ROOM EXECUTIVE MATCH — programming expense - executive match, details provided upon request
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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 →