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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 “frontlines”
Where the money went
Largest: $250,000 to DEEP SOUTH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE — this grant provides general operating support to the national black environmental justice coalition to build an intersectional black-led movement structure as part of the foundatio…
Largest: $1.1M to CHISHOLM LEGACY PROJECT INC — strengthening black frontline leaders, communities, and movements in advancing a regenerative economy
Largest: $100,000 to HUMAN IMPACTS INSTITUTE INC — for artivism and amplifiers: frontline youth visions for a just transition, a collaborative project fostering respect between diverse, frontline youth climate leaders to help drive…
Occidental CollegeLos Angeles, CACharity · may take applications
17 matching grants · $1.6M · through 2022Largest: $167,410 to HARAMBEE HOUSE INC — support the "zero-emmissions now: frontline solutions to address the climate crisis" project of the college focused on protecting public health by strengthening the grassroots-led …
Social Justice Partners Los AngelesLos Angeles, CACharity · may take applications
24 matching grants · $804,188 · through 2022Largest: $103,362 to NORTH VALLEY CARING CENTER — supporting frontline workers grant
ResistJamaica Plain, MACharity · may take applications
21 matching grants · $315,000 · through 2024Largest: $15,000 to HOPI TUTSKWA PERMACULTURE INSTITUTE — a life unrestricted grant as part of our efforts to support frontline farmers and organizations across the food and agriculture sector meet their resource needs to implement critic…
Largest: $1.0M to Little Village Environmental Justice Organization — to support chicago's frontline-led ej/cj organizations and their partners.
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
10 matching grants · $8.1M · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to Climate Justice Alliance — in support of communications training series for 20 frontline climate organizations to address climate communications gaps, leverage emerging opportunities, and diversify frontline…
Kelson FoundationSan Francisco, CA
12 matching grants · $1.8M · through 2024Largest: $1.0M to AMALGAMATED CHARITABLE FOUNDATION — democracy frontlines fund
Largest: $500,000 to AMALGAMATED CHARITABLE FOUNDATION — for democracy frontlines fund
Largest: $75,000 to NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION — to provide support for the future frontlines' afghanistan observatory fellowship project
Wend IiBentonville, AR
10 matching grants · $1.0M · through 2022Largest: $100,000 to State Voices — to support the democracy frontlines fund.
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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 →