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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.
9 funders with a record of paying for “garifuna”
Where the money went
Seattle FoundationSeattle, WACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $36,000 · through 2023Largest: $20,000 to ANICHIGU LUMA AMENIGINI GARIFUNA WOMEN GROUP — to support anichigu luma amenigini garifuna women group's staff
Largest: $12,000 to RVC SEATTLE — wa-bloc and ala garifuna women and alphabet alliance of color
National Domestic Workers AllianceNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $60,700 · through 2024Largest: $20,700 to ALA Garifuna Women — affiliate support
Largest: $70,300 to E KENNEDY — to unite research, education and community outreach to inspect how and why deportees to el salvador and honduras are harmed and why this happens, with a focus on youth, indigenous …
Social Justice Fund NorthwestSeattle, WACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $654,000 · through 2024Largest: $654,000 to RVC — surge reproductive justice, creative justice, age up, ala garifuna women, alphabet alliance of color, collective justice nw, creative justice, first five years & beyond, mujer al v…
Largest: $115,000 to ORGANIZACION FRATERNAL NEGRA HONDURENA — to support the grantee's work on strengthening the climate change resilience of the garifuna community in honduras through education and capacity building
Lee InitiativeLouisville, KYCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $15,000 · through 2022Largest: $15,000 to GARIFUNA FLAVA — racial justice srrj
The Patrick T and Sue C Greene FamilyClinton Township, MI
1 matching grant · $7,409 · through 2024Largest: $7,409 to GARIFUNA INSTITUTE FOR INDIGENOUS RESEARCH AND UNDERSTANDING — to support educational institution
National Urban LeagueNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $10,000 · through 2022Largest: $10,000 to GARIFUNA ENTERPRISES INC — direct grants to small businesses
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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 →

