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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 “existing”
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Cpps Heritage Mission FundDayton, OHCharity · may take applications
247 matching grants · $5.8M · through 2024Largest: $125,000 to GOOD NEIGHBOR HOUSE — operating support of existing program & expansion/enhancement of existing programs/projects
National Collegiate Investors &Hadley, MACharity · may take applications
53 matching grants · $1.5M · through 2023Largest: $50,000 to Arizona State University — grants to help fund and support faculty with innovative ideas to create new or transform existing courses and programs to help students develop novel, stem-based inventions and gai…
The Opportunity TrustSt Louis, MOCharity · may take applications
42 matching grants · $6.6M · through 2024Largest: $1.3M to GATEWAY SCIENCE ACADEMY OF ST LOUIS — existing school expansion
Largest: $450,000 to RESEARCH FOR ACTION INC — to support research for action inc's work to highlight and address existing disparities within pennsylvania's public education system, particularly allegheny county
Greater Morgantown Convention & VisitorsMorgantown, WVCharity · may take applications
16 matching grants · $250,430 · through 2025Largest: $31,990 to WEST VIRGINIA SECONDARY SCHOOL ACTIVITIES COMMISSION — to enhance the quality of existing events and activities and assist existing organizations in expanding and attracting new events and visitors 50 or more miles outside of monongali…
Largest: $200,000 to SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL — to build capacity for knowledge generation on china in the global south by mapping the existing knowledge hubs and networks, identifying best practices and connecting research inst…
Largest: $55,000 to THE CLIFTON INSTITUTE — the purpose for which they exist
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
21 matching grants · $7.6M · through 2022Largest: $1.3M to The George Washington University — support for the antibiotic resistance action center's work in reducing antibiotic use in food animal production by educating and mobilizing prominent purchasers of meat and poultry…
Largest: $200,000 to WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY — support for research to build upon existing models of the entrepreneurial ecosystem in st. louis, missouri and to expand those to include current and historical realities related t…
Largest: $223,000 to MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA FOUNDATION — to conduct a study that integrates telerehabilitation into an existing stroke continuum of care.
Conrad N Hilton FoundationWestlake Village, CA
17 matching grants · $10.9M · through 2024Largest: $2.7M to UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF — to embed early childhood development within existing systems and service delivery mechanisms at national and sub-national levels in kenya, tanzania, and mozambique, and to provide …
Largest: $109,920 to SASHA ZHOU - WAYNE ST U — 79248 conducting a critical analysis of existing research methods and an exploration of promising new approaches to the study of structural racism
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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 →