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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 “experiential”
Where the money went
Largest: $1.3M to NEW VENTURE FUND — for the public interest technology university network challenge fund for subgranting for curricula development, research agendas, and experiential learning programs to create a pip…
Largest: $230,000 to URBANPROMISE MINISTRIES INC — experiential watershed programs in camden
Largest: $1.0M to M2 THE INSTITUTE FOR EXPERIENTIAL JEWISH EDUCATION — general operating support
Largest: $150,000 to CATALYST CONNECTION — to expand the explore the new manufacturing workforce/stem education programs to provide experiential learning opportunities for students and teachers
Largest: $341,000 to DUKE DIVINITY SCHOOL — to provide scholarships for the 2024 field education experiential education program.
David & Inez Myers FoundationCleveland, OHCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $1.6M · through 2024Largest: $622,020 to JEWISH EDUCATION CENTER OF CLEVELAND — leadership grants, buses for naftali bennett teen event, camping scholarships, educator mission to poland with classrooms without borders, jewish experiential education award, isra…
Largest: $50,000 to PORT ROYAL SOUND FOUNDATION — preserving the port royal sound through environmental education, experiential learning, and water quality research
Largest: $50,000 to ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING FOR KIDS — elk youth naturally is a series of programs allowing students in grades k-12 to explore their passions for science and the outdoors through supportive, transformational, hands-on m…
Largest: $770,599 to University of Denver — to support large-scale impact for first-generation students at du through enhanced financial aid awards and support for experiential opportunities that are fundamental to the under…
Largest: $500,000 to DUKE UNIVERSITY — fahey scholarship fund, experiential orientation, and trinity college annual fund flexible operating
Largest: $12,000 to Alliance for Education — alliance for education is providing black male students with career-connected learning opportunities that offer the resources and supports they seek to be college and career ready.…
Largest: $140,000 to SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY — to provide funding for experiential learning through applied research.
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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 →