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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 “finacial”
Where the money went
Largest: $1.7M to EAST CENTRAL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — finacial support
Largest: $10,000 to San Francisco State U Foundation — provide finacial support to the organziation.
Largest: $65,000 to OPTIMIST YOUTH HOUSE — finacial assistance
Largest: $15,000 to HELPING HAND OF SOUTH WHIDBEY — support for whidbey women in finacial distress
Largest: $10,000 to MARTHA VINEYARD CANCER SUPPORT — enhance quality of lifefor cancer patients & familiesby support groups & finacial support
Largest: $17,500 to TANTZERS — finacial assistance
American Unity FundWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $580,000 · through 2023Largest: $455,000 to NISKANEN CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICY — provide finacial support for activites related to protecting the status of afghan allies.
Massachusetts College of Art and DesignBoston, MACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $2.9M · through 2023Largest: $2.9M to Massachusetts College of Art and De — scholarships, capital projects, and finacial aid
Florida Association of Healthy StartTallahassee, FLCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $46,600 · through 2024Largest: $28,300 to FINACIOUS LLC — improve child health
Faculty Student Association of the StateStony Brook, NYCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $350,000 · through 2024Largest: $350,000 to STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY OFFICE OF FINACIAL AID & SCHOLOARSHIP — scholarships & fellowships to students who have demonstrated outstanding scholarship abilities and require financial support.
Largest: $7,000 to PREVENT BLINDNESS GEORGIA — finacial services for health care
United Way of Ashtabula CountyAshtabula, OHCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $10,500 · through 2024Largest: $5,350 to ACCESS — provide awareness and assistance in obtaining finacial resources for higher provide awareness and assistance in obtaining financial resources for higher education
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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 →

