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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 “expressed”
Where the money went
Largest: $25,895 to HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GEORGETOWN SC — to further recipients' expressed charit purp.
Edward T Gardner FoundationLakewood Ranch, FL
49 matching grants · $300,000 · through 2024Largest: $40,000 to UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS FOUNDATION — to further their expressed charitable purpose
Largest: $825,000 to UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA — collaborative research: transferable, hierarchical, expressive, optimal, robust, interpretable networks (theorinet)
Women'S Business Development CenterChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
40 matching grants · $730,000 · through 2023Largest: $20,000 to EXPRESS GIFTS INC — small business assistance grants
Largest: $85,000 to UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO FOUNDATION — core support for carrying out law and policy research to influence global-level technology governance decisions from a latin american regional perspective on free expression
Largest: $131,814 to INDUSTRIAL COUNCIL OF NEARWEST CHICAGO (ICNC) — to promote, encourage, and support the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination through all forms of the arts, including literature, performing arts, visua…
Largest: $500,000 to THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK — to support new independent research on free expression in the digital age through the growth of the research fellows program at knight first amendment institute at columbia univers…
Largest: $16,000 to LIBRARY FOR AFRICA — to further their expressed charitable purpose
Largest: $5,000 to TALAN REYNOLDS — scholarship based on individual's ability to demonstrate academic achievement, financial need, and an express interest in pursuing a degree in business or entrepreneurial business.
Largest: $5,082 to AMERICAN EXPRESS — unrestricted grant
Largest: $22,650 to LONGHOUSE RESERVE — promote artistic expression and education, specifically living with arts in all of its forms.
National Council for CommunityNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
14 matching grants · $169,050 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to JAWANI EXPRESS LLC — economic recovery grant
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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 →