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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 “forcibly”
Where the money went
Refugees InternationalWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $424,000 · through 2024Largest: $122,000 to CHURCH WORLD SERVICE — supporting state cws to advance a state policy agenda that aims to advance the inclusion of people who have been forcibly displaced with technical assistance.
Conrad N Hilton FoundationWestlake Village, CA
6 matching grants · $4.4M · through 2024Largest: $2.3M to UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES — to scale-up a community-based psychosocial model promoting maternal mental health and early childhood development among refugees and forcibly displaced persons in colombia
Unfcu FoundationLong Island City, NYCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $404,751 · through 2025Largest: $132,903 to US ASSOCIATION FOR UNHCR — mandated to aid and protect refugees, forcibly displaced communities, and stateless people
Largest: $125,000 to ASYLUM ACCESS — elevate prize program - to support forcibly displaced individuals through legal services and systems change policy work
Rsf Social FinanceSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $5.3M · through 2022Largest: $5.3M to FWDUS EDUCATION FUND INC — for ecosystem-based grassroots support for forcibly displaced people along the u.s.-mexico border; for national dignity for families fund
Largest: $3,200 to INTERNATIONAL ASSOC FOR REFUGEES — to support forcibly displaced people
Largest: $10,000 to USA for UNHCR — the unhcr is a un agency that aids and protect refugees, forcibly displaced communities, and stateless people, and to assist in their voluntary repatriation, local integration or r…
Largest: $15,000 to WOMEN OF THE WORLD — self sufficiency for forcibly displaced women
Largest: $5,000 to WOMEN OF THE WORLD — self-sufficiency for forcibly displaced women
Largest: $40,000 to EMINE REZZAN KARAMAN — karaman, emine rezzan (independent scholar) "getting justice for the forcibly disappeared through judicio-politics in turkey"
Largest: $500,000 to Community Sponsorship — welcome and integrate refugees and other forcibly displaced people.
Largest: $245,000 to HIAS — in support of its march, 2025 proposal for a grant in support of critical legal services for refugees, asylum-seekers and other forcibly-displaced 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 →