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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 “feasibility”
Where the money went
Largest: $123,965 to TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION — to support a feasibility study and pilot trial of on-campus access to public benefits programs and supportive services.
Come To Believe FoundationNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
17 matching grants · $430,000 · through 2024Largest: $35,000 to HOLLINS UNIVERSITY — feasibility study
Lilly EndowmentIndianapolis, IN
13 matching grants · $1.4M · through 2025Largest: $800,000 to CHILD ADVOCATES INC — operating support &feasibility study
Largest: $250,000 to CITIZEN SCIENCE LAB — to conduct a site analysis and community outreach to determine the feasibility of a new hill district laboratory location
Largest: $20,000 to NEW BERN PRESERVATION FOUNDATION INC — revolving fund feasibility study
Montana Business Assistance ConnectionHelena, MTCharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $203,478 · through 2024Largest: $56,427 to THE HELENA SYMPHONY — feasibility study
Largest: $225,000 to CommonBond Communities — for general operating support, and for a feasibility study on an umbrella partnership real estate investment trust (upreit)
Largest: $165,000 to UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS — a feasibility study of alendronate as treatment for osteonecrosis of the femoral head in adults with sickle cell disease
Largest: $3.7M to BHSH SYSTEM — study the feasibility of telerobotic heart attack and stroke interventions
Largest: $500,000 to Regents of the University of Michigan — to support a gap study and clinical services feasibility study in the flint area around health care services for children.
Rainforest TrustWarrenton, VACharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $1.6M · through 2023Largest: $1.2M to WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY — support towards 4 projects in land conservation efforts in laos, indonesia, and cuba and feasibility studies
Conrad N Hilton FoundationWestlake Village, CA
5 matching grants · $1.6M · through 2024Largest: $465,000 to MAPLE CONSULT — to support a feasibility study in ghana that will equip the public sector with tools to engage in public private partnerships that provide safe water to vulnerable populations
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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 →