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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 “external”
Where the money went
The Junior League of HoustonHouston, TXCharity · may take applications
70 matching grants · $4.0M · through 2024Largest: $2.0M to DePelchin Children's Center — external project support
Possibility LabsSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
15 matching grants · $5.7M · through 2024Largest: $1.8M to BRIDGE FOR BILLIONS — regrant to external account
Largest: $92,000 to UNIVERSIDAD IBEROAMERICANA AC — for support to the environmental and climate justice laboratory, which provides external support to the mandate of the united nations special rapporteur on the human right to a cle…
Largest: $1.3M to AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY — to support the development of an ai lifecycle management framework, including external validation and oversight strategies, to manage the complexity of ensuring safety and effectiv…
Largest: $50,000 to UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA — to organize a listening session forum on the future of disseminating research to external audiences for energy system decarbonization
Lexington Medical Center FoundationWest Columbia, SCCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $5.4M · through 2024Largest: $1.5M to LEXINGTON HEALTH INC — the mission of the community outreach committee funding is to provide support for midland's community organizations that provide healthcare or medical services and are strategicall…
Largest: $200,000 to THE SHALOM HARTMAN INSTITUTE OF NORTH AMERICA — to support the launch of a black/jewish leadership initiative, including $50,000 for an external evaluation of the program. this program will host two leadership cohorts of black a…
Mount Carmel Health System FoundationColumbus, OHCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $16.1M · through 2024Largest: $4.6M to MOUNT CARMEL HEALTH SYSTEM — external grants received and support for outreach programs
Largest: $58,804 to THE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND — external evaluators-eat fit louisiana
Alliant Health GroupAtlanta, GACharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $60,000 · through 2022Largest: $20,000 to GEORGIA HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATION — support professional development and education including external scholarships
Telligen Community InitiativeWest Des Moines, IA
4 matching grants · $196,404 · through 2025Largest: $25,000 to IOWA ACES 360 — the organizational data capacity and infrastructure project will advance the capacity of iowa aces 360 for internal and external data collection and visualization.
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
4 matching grants · $1.3M · through 2022Largest: $1.2M to OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION — address disparities in health care delivery and access through planning and implementing a new ochsner-xavier center for health equity, in which internal and external stakeholders …
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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 →