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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 “finished”
Where the money went
Painters and Allied Trades Labor-Hanover, MDCharity · may take applications
36 matching grants · $4.0M · through 2024Largest: $320,000 to FINISHING TRADES INSTITUTE OF THE UPPER MIDWEST — montana training center
Largest: $350,000 to HUDSON LINK FOR HIGHER EDUCATION IN PRISON INC — pilot program for community college finish line scholarships hudson link and hour children
Largest: $10,000 to LOVE NOW MEDIA - FISCAL SPONSOR FOR FALAKA FATTAH AND THE HOUSE OF UMOJA — to provide finishing funds for jos duncan's film, "falaka fattah and the house of umoja"
Cpwr the Center for ConstructionSilver Spring, MDCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $529,941 · through 2024Largest: $117,668 to FINISHING TRADES INSTITUTE — safety and health research
Communities Foundation of TexasDallas, TXCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $134,024 · through 2024Largest: $69,000 to FAITH FIGHT FINISH FOUNDATION — this grant is designated for general support.
Nina Jean Obel Charitable TrustPlano, TXCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $230,000 · through 2025Largest: $100,000 to FINISHING WELL MINISTRIES — to support evangelism, education and missionary activities.
Chemical Coaters AssociationLakewood Ranch, FLCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $82,850 · through 2024Largest: $32,450 to CHEMICAL COATERS ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL FINISHING EDUCATION FOUNDATION — scholarships/operational support
Seattle FoundationSeattle, WACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $170,000 · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to UNITED WAY OF KING COUNTY — to provide support for the bridge to finish program
Maine Technology InstitutePortland, MECharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $140,750 · through 2023Largest: $25,000 to Poseidon Research LLC — poseidon research, llc seeks a $25,000 matching award through the mti range 1 program to finish the development of a series of novel absorbent materials. poseidon will use the awar…
Ascendium Education SolutionsMadison, WICharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $1.5M · through 2023Largest: $932,582 to Education Commission of the States — state policy barriers for students impacted by the justice system strong start to finish - accelerating scaled implementation
Delaware Community FoundationWilmington, DECharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $789,832 · through 2024Largest: $418,000 to RHODES COLLEGE — biology faculty research fund; cubesat project finish; ses scholarship
Largest: $25,000 to THE MANCHESTER CITIZENS CORPORATION — to finish the build out on the pittsburgh scholar house offices
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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 →