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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 “foreclosure”
Where the money went
Largest: $200,000 to LAKESHORE LEGAL AID — property tax foreclosure prevention project
Illinois Equal Justice FoundationChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $3.1M · through 2024Largest: $776,088 to LEGAL AID CHICAGO — to provide legal information, advice and representation to low-income people, veterans and people impacted by the criminialization of cannabis and foreclosure in cook county.
Oklahoma Bar FoundationOklahoma City, OKCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $279,000 · through 2024Largest: $29,000 to LASO MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE — mortgage foreclosure
Largest: $625,000 to Minnesota Home Ownership Center — for general operating support, and to advance equitable access to homeownership for homebuyers and homeowners of color and immediate covid response plan for lower-income households…
Haymarket People'S FundJamaica Plain, MACharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $80,350 · through 2024Largest: $20,000 to WORCESTER ANTI FORECLOSURE TEAM (WAFT) — community organizing
Alabama Law FoundationMontgomery, ALCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $413,500 · through 2024Largest: $150,000 to ALABAMA CENTER FOR DISPUTE RESOLUTIONS — foreclosure prevention mediation services
Largest: $30,000 to OASIS OF HOPE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP — a comprehensive housing solution: rental, homeownership, and foreclosure prevention counseling program
The WorkplaceBridgeport, CTCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2024Largest: $414,506 to CAPITAL WORKFORCE PARTNERS — job training & placement assistance to borrowers who have gone into mortgage foreclosure & who are unemployed or underemployed
Montana Homeownership NetworkGreat Falls, MTCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $489,799 · through 2023Largest: $216,824 to NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES INC OF GREAT FALLS — foreclosure counseling, general housing counseling
Largest: $20,000 to ECUMENICAL SOCIAL ACTION COMMITEE INC — dedicated to promoting stable, vibrant communities by offering a wide array of service including ged education programs, foreclosure prevention counseling and assistance, free and …
Head of the Lakes United WayDuluth, MNCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $64,740 · through 2023Largest: $28,189 to LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF MINNESOTA — consumer credit counseling, together for youth, truancy action project, foreclosure
Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater BostonBoston, MACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $45,000 · through 2023Largest: $25,000 to Coalition for Occupied Homes in Foreclosure Inc — daf - social services
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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 →