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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 “grandparents”
Where the money went
Direction Home Akron Canton Area AgencyUniontown, OHCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $3.1M · through 2024Largest: $953,781 to FAMILY & COMMUNITY SERVICES DBA MOBILE MEALS — congregate meals, home delivered meals, sr companion, foster grandparents, rsvp, farmer's market
Largest: $6,000 to WINSOR SCHOOL INC — annual fund grandparents' contribution
Largest: $36,000 to JEWISH GRANDPARENTS NETWORK INC — to support the hire of director of community engagement
Largest: $250,000 to JEWISH GRANDPARENTS NETWORK — to support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
Largest: $8,000 to HAROLD GRINSPOON FOUNDATION — to the general pj library fund & the pj library grandparent division
Harris FoundationOklahoma City, OK
5 matching grants · $48,500 · through 2024Largest: $15,000 to SUNBEAM FAMILY SERVICES — empowering grandparents raising gran
Largest: $150,000 to LANL FOUNDATION — "grandparents raising grandkids and health career pathways - payment of prior year obligation
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $45,250 · through 2022Largest: $15,000 to St Ambrose University — $10,000: annual fund; $5,000: parents and grandparent scholarship fund
Fremont Area Community FoundationFremont, MICharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $262,068 · through 2024Largest: $103,654 to Catholic Charities West Michigan — senior companion program; one township at a time; foster grandparent program
Largest: $10,000 to GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC — sustaining operations for project healthy grandparents (phg)
Largest: $6,670 to MASONIC CHILDREN'S HOME — the masonic children's home is an ideal opportunity for school-aged children who are being raised by aging grandparents, or who come from various social or economic environments wh…
Largest: $6,500 to Athens Community Council on Aging — grandparents raising grandchildren program
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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 →