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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 “fresno”
Where the money went
Largest: $175,000 to FRESNO COUNTY ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES COMMISSION — fresno stop the violence - advancing health and racial equity: to support a community-based project in west fresno that promotes culturally relevant healing and leadership developm…
Largest: $20,000 to FRESNO AREA COMMUNITY ENTERPRISES INC — this grant provides general operating support for fresno area community enterprises (face) as part of kresge community supports: fresno (kcs: f), an initiative to build the capacit…
Kaiser Foundation HospitalsOakland, CACharity · may take applications
44 matching grants · $3.8M · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to Fresno Center — 2023 fresno economic opportunity development 2.0
Largest: $20,000 to FRESNO COUNTY HEALTHY MARRIAGE COAL — support the operations and needs of the fresno county healthy marriage coalition, helping couples form and sustain healthy relationships in their marriages.
Largest: $15,000 to Fresno Interdenominational Refugee Ministries — for a listening session in fresno
Largest: $500,000 to UCSF FRESNO LATINO CENTER FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH — core operating support for fresno latino center for medical education & research to provide comprehensive health professions pipeline programming to underrep minority high school &…
Possibility LabsSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
23 matching grants · $4.3M · through 2024Largest: $20,000 to FRESNO METROPOLITAN MINISTRY FBO FRESNO COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PART — general operating support
Educational Employees Credit UnionFresno, CACharity · may take applications
26 matching grants · $539,500 · through 2024Largest: $45,000 to FRESNO COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION — to help support the fresno educator of the year.
Largest: $125,000 to FRESNO RESCUE MISSION — program/operating support
Largest: $24,000 to CSU FRESNO FDN - ARMENIAN STUDIES — support armenian studies
Largest: $54,332 to California State University-Fresno — scholarships for julianna bejar ($9,000), briseyda dominguez-martinez ($1,999), maria dominguez-martinez ($5,000), citlali eguia ($7,333), desiree garcia ($5,000), alondra mijangos…
Leon S Peters FoundationWestlake Village, CA
25 matching grants · $679,815 · through 2023Largest: $200,000 to CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY FRESNO — funds for operation and administration
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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 →