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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 “grantmakers”
Largest: $75,000 to REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY — community engagement grantmaking; public awareness and analysis; research and learning opportunities
Health Resources in ActionBoston, MACharity · may take applications
253 matching grants · $40.9M · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to FARM FRESH RHODE ISLAND — harvard pilgrim grantmaking p849, community health grantmaking, unrestricted
Largest: $150,000 to NORTHERN CALIFORNIA GRANTMAKERS — local grantmaking
Community Foundation for SoutheastDetroit, MICharity · may take applications
102 matching grants · $36.5M · through 2024Largest: $8.8M to FIDELITY CHARITABLE GIFT FUND — philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking foundations
Conrad N Hilton FoundationWestlake Village, CA
77 matching grants · $17.2M · through 2024Largest: $1.0M to SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GRANTMAKERS — for the center for strategic partnerships, a project of southern california grantmakers, to launch a pooled philanthropic fund supporting innovative pilot projects focused on youth…
Largest: $200,000 to THE UNION OF SELF-DISCIPLINARY ORGANIZATIONS — to establish a network of grantmaking foundations and improve domestic funders' capacity in internal governance, strategic planning and grantmaking through capacity building, consu…
Largest: $1.0M to GRANTMAKERS IN HLT — 79318 general operating support for grantmakers in health
Weingart FoundationLos Angeles, CA
75 matching grants · $9.4M · through 2024Largest: $500,000 to SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GRANTMAKERS — project support to southern california grantmakers
The Women'S Foundation of ColoradoDenver, COCharity · may take applications
87 matching grants · $3.0M · through 2024Largest: $468,186 to LATINO CULTURAL ARTS — donor-driven grantmaking
Largest: $25,000 to SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GRANTMAKERS — inland empire funders alliance - advancing community health: to support civic education, engagement and community health in san bernardino and riverside counties through the develo…
Largest: $50,000 to THE GRANTMAKERS OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA — to relaunch grantmakers of western pennsylvania's food funders network
Largest: $40,000 to GRANTMAKERS IN THE ARTS — for institutional membership to grantmakers in the arts 2022-2025
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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 →