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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 “famine”
Where the money went
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $7.4M · through 2022Largest: $1.7M to Doctors Without Borders USA Inc — general operating support. support in response to ukraine crisis. to support medical care for global covid-19 patients, or where most needed. support for year end match, unrestrict…
Largest: $7,500 to SAMARITANS PURSE — to support organization that has helped meet needs of people who are victims of war, poverty, natural disasters, disease, and famine with the purpose of sharing gods love through h…
Largest: $50,000 to SAMARITAN'S PURSE — aid of the world's poor, sick, and suffering, helping meet needs of people who are victims of war, poverty, natural disasters, disease, and famine with the purpose of sharing god's…
Largest: $40,000 to SAMARITAN'S PURSE — help meet the needs of victims of war, poverty, famine, disaster, and other crises
Largest: $15,000 to Ukrainian Genocide Famine Foundation — general expenses
Largest: $150,000 to SAMARITAN'S PURSE — provide physical and spiritual aid to hurting people around the work who are victims of war, poverty, natural disasters, disease, famine
Largest: $2,500 to ROCK OF AFRICA — to provide support for disease and famine in africa
Largest: $59,000 to SAMARITANS PURSE — humanitarian organization dedicated to providing spiritual and physical aid to victims of war, poverty, natural disasters, disease, famine, and persecution worldwide
Largest: $2,000 to SAMARITAN'S PURSE — provide spiritual and physical aid to people who are victims of war, poverty, natural disasters, disease and famine.
Largest: $20,000 to SAMARITAN'S PURSE — to provide spiritual and physical aid to victims of war, poverty, natural disasters, disease and famine
Largest: $15,000 to Samaritans Purse — to the aid of the worlds poor, sick, and suffering, helping meet needs of people who are victims of war, poverty, natural disasters, disease, and famine with the purpose of sharing…
Largest: $5,000 to SLAMMIN FAMINE — general & unrestricted
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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 →