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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 “governmental”
Where the money went
Largest: $10,250 to MONTGOMERY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY — governmental, civic, and cultural development organization
United Teachers Los AngelesLos Angeles, CACharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $615,000 · through 2023Largest: $125,000 to LOS ANGLES ALLIANCE FOR A NEW ECONOMY — developing & advocating governmental policies for publically funded schools
Largest: $110,000 to PACIFIC ISLANDS ASSOCIATION OF NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS — to support participation in the fale pacific annual meeting
Largest: $2,000 to CHILDRENS HOSPITAL OF ALABAMA — governmental, civic, & cultural deve
Largest: $52,416 to WOMEN'S REHABILITATION CENTRE — to strengthen research and community-level practices, shift community norms and narratives, and inform governmental efforts to address violence against women and girls in public sp…
Largest: $300,000 to Costa Humboldt Non-Governmental Development Organization — environment and science
United Way of Buffalo and Erie CountyBuffalo, NYCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $229,508 · through 2024Largest: $49,768 to CENTER FOR GOVERNMENTAL RESEARCH — closing the gap clevehill - evaluations, meetings & survey reports
Largest: $625,000 to CHANGELAB SOLUTIONS — 82469 supporting implementation of antiracist structures in governmental public health in key jurisdictions
Largest: $175,000 to COUNTY HEALTH EXECUTIVES ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA — strengthening leadership and professional development for governmental public health: to support the professional growth, development and leadership capacities of local health juri…
Largest: $200,000 to HARVARD DIVINITY SCHOOL — harvard divinity school is a nonsectarian school of religious and theological studies that educates students both in the pursuit of the academic study of religion and in preparatio…
Largest: $640,750 to UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY FOUNDATION — to transform the student population and create a more welcoming and inclusive campus. for the institute for governmental studies project at uc berkeley to conduct polling and host …
Largest: $5.2M to Walton Family Foundation Inc — to support costs associated with the nwa land bank project acquisitions under which grantee acquires property for planned donation to charities or governmental units for public pur…
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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 →