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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 “ghetto”
Where the money went
Silicon Valley Community FoundationMountain View, CACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $645,250 · through 2024Largest: $350,250 to Ghetto Film School Inc — arts & culture
Largest: $100,000 to THE GHETTO FILM SCHOOL INC — general operations
The Mark Wahlberg Youth FoundationWhite Plain, NYCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $120,000 · through 2024Largest: $40,000 to GHETTO FILM SCHOOL INC — programs in cinematic storytelling and production training for underprivileged children.
Largest: $50,000 to GHETTO FILM SCHOOL INC — support to implement findings from the organization's comprehensive evaluation project
Screen Actors Guild-American FederationLos Angeles, CACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $75,000 · through 2023Largest: $25,000 to GHETTO FILM SCHOOL — operational support
National Basketball AssociationNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $700,000 · through 2023Largest: $500,000 to GHETTO FILM SCHOOL — in support of programs in furtherance of nba foundation's mission
Snap FoundationLos Angeles, CA
2 matching grants · $350,000 · through 2024Largest: $200,000 to GHETTO FILM SCHOOL LA INC — general & unrestricted
Largest: $100,000 to GHETTO FILM SCHOOL INC — program support
Largest: $1,000 to THE GHETTO FILM SCHOOL — aid donee organization to carry out functions
Largest: $95,000 to Ghetto Film School — career readiness
The New York Community TrustNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $20,000 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to THE GHETTO FILM SCHOOL INC — for a scholarship award.
Largest: $25,000 to GHETTO FILM SCHOOL INC — for general support of film education for youth in los angeles county
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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 →