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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 “genderal”
Where the money went
Largest: $115,000 to GENDER DYNAMIX — for regional research on countering gender-based violence against trans and gender diverse persons in southern africa
Largest: $200,000 to STICHTING WOMEN'S INITIATIVES FOR GENDER JUSTICE — advancing gender justice and the coalition for the international criminal court
Women'S Foundation of CaliforniaOakland, CACharity · may take applications
153 matching grants · $7.7M · through 2024Largest: $90,000 to Transgender Gender-Variant Intersex Justice Project — to promote racial, gender and economic justice
Largest: $40,000 to COMMUNITY PARTNERS — gender justice la building transgender power and health: to support community-led research and cultural organizing efforts within the transgender and gender nonconforming community…
Largest: $625,000 to NEW MUSIC USA INC — to support jazz residencies that prioritize women and gender-expansive artists partnership with the berklee institute for jazz and gender justice
Largest: $500,000 to BROOKINGS INSTITUTION — for support of a research program on macroeconomics and gender equality
Largest: $420,506 to HARVARD UNIVERSITY — 79892 integrating gender and social factors into the study of sex-related health disparities and health equity
Largest: $1.5M to UN WOMEN — to strengthen the achievement of gender justice goals included in the global acceleration plan for gender equality by supporting un women's convening and coordination role in the g…
Largest: $50,000 to AMICUS DH — general operating support for gender identity recognition (change of name and gender on identity documents) and for documentation of violence and discrimination in mexico.
Largest: $224,000 to UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH — for support of the ongoing administration and implementation of the vira i. heinz program for women and marginalized genders in global leadership
Largest: $20,000 to Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-B — gender-based violence programs
Largest: $9,250 to Cooperative Restraining Order Clinc — the foundation made donations/contributions to organizations whose purpose is to benefit either children's causes or women's rights issues related to reducing gender bias.
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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 →