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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.
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Largest: $45,000 to CHILDREN & FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER OF HENDERSON COUNTY — this grant will support the children and family resource center to provide a two-year community health doula program pilot that will deploy a community health worker (chw) to conne…
Echoing GreenNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
156 matching grants · $8.3M · through 2024Largest: $125,000 to ESQ APPRENTICE — follow on funding
The Indianapolis Colts FoundationIndianapolis, INCharity · may take applications
96 matching grants · $5.8M · through 2024Largest: $450,000 to PROJECT HEALTHY MINDS CORP — to follow foundation's mission to create motivational and educational opportunities for youth and families throughout the state of indiana and surrounding communities.
Community Foundation of North TexasFort Worth, TXCharity · may take applications
64 matching grants · $1.8M · through 2024Largest: $32,531 to TRINA AND FRIENDS K9 RESCUE — as follows: 1) stella (canella) -- $3,410.31 for veterinary care involving major surgery and follow-up appointments for a mixed-breed rescue found on a fort worth street, taken to …
The San Francisco FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
53 matching grants · $6.7M · through 2023Largest: $776,750 to HARVARD UNIVERSITY — to support the shorenstein center on media, politics and public policy at the john f. kennedy school of government. general support for the harvard business school. for the radclif…
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
32 matching grants · $17.9M · through 2022Largest: $2.0M to University of Utah — support for red butte garden and arboretum as follows:1.a minimum of $25,000 for maintenance and upkeep of the water conservation garden,2.support for school programs manager salar…
Largest: $252,420 to UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON — to conduct a ten-year follow-up study of a 2013 randomized control trial on vacant lot greening in philadelphia, pennsylvania.
Largest: $100,000 to BIG SKY FILM PRODUCTIONS INC — for production of 'the gender project', a documentary film that follows activists and scholars who defy simplistic gender labels, and examine persistent binary notions of gender an…
Legal Services of New JerseyEdison, NJCharity · may take applications
22 matching grants · $146.8M · through 2024Largest: $3.8M to AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE — grants/assistance were awarded for the following legal services program:legal assistance for individuals facing detention or deportation $3,382,449iolta student legal intern progra…
George S and Dolores DoreSalt Lake City, UT
33 matching grants · $2.1M · through 2024Largest: $170,000 to AMERICAN INDIAN SERVICES — to support the following: $145,000 for scholarships for native american students to attend a utah college or university of their choice and $25,000 to fund the ais prep (stem) prog…
Colorado Association of Transit AgenciesDenver, COCharity · may take applications
28 matching grants · $4.6M · through 2024Largest: $1.6M to MOUNTAIN METRO TRANSIT — casta grant through colo. energy office program to reduce ozone emissions and rebuild transit ridership following the covid-19 pandemic.
Largest: $140,000 to JEFFERSON CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH — to be used as follows: 85,000 for e
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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 →