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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 “fondation”
Where the money went
Largest: $290,671 to FONDATION POUR L'INSTITUT DE HAUTES ETUDES INTERNA — to create and sustain a network of scholars engaged in collaborative mentorship, research, and pedagogical dialogues extending between the global north & global south
Largest: $195,000 to FONDATION EUROPEENNE DE LA SCIENCE — research and learning opportunities
Largest: $27,029 to FONDATION DU PROTESTANTISME — fondation reforme-reforme travaux
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
11 matching grants · $5.0M · through 2024Largest: $945,208 to FONDATION CONNAISSANCE ET LIBERTE FONDASYON KONESANS AK LIBETE FOKAL — strengthen education in haiti and facilitate access to quality and culturally relevant education by creating an education fund focused on system research, innovation, governance an…
Largest: $98,229 to FONDATION OPEN COLLECTIVE EUROPE (BEHALF HAMEENLINNAN RADIOAMATOORIT RY) — improve the stability and release quality of hamlib through the development of an automated testing framework, and to expand hamlib to support modern network controlled and softwar…
Largest: $1.0M to FONDATION CONNAISSANCE ET LIBERTE — core support for the humanitarian assistance program in haiti to support rural communities, farmers associations, and small agro-businesses
Largest: $120,796 to FONDATION DE FRANCE — search project
Largest: $450,000 to THE REBUS FOUNDATION LA FONDATION REBUS — for supporting educators and scholars in implementing open and equitable strategies
Largest: $308,502 to FONDATION OPHTALMOLOGIQUE ADOLPHE DE ROTHSCHILD — medical research
Largest: $1.5M to FONDATION JEROME SEYDOUX-PATHE — general supportgeneral supportgeneral support
Largest: $1.0M to LA FONDATION MONDIALE INSEAD — chair/development of research/education center
Largest: $28,000 to FRIENDS OF FONDATION DE FRANCE — fondation gautier capucon
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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 →