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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 “grassroots”
Where the money went
Baltimore Children and Youth FundBaltimore, MDCharity · may take applications
191 matching grants · $25.1M · through 2024Largest: $2.5M to FUND FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE — aligned grantmaking, president's fund, and grassroots fund
Largest: $1.0M to CANADIAN SHAREHOLDER ASSOCIATION FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION — core support for the development of a research, strategy, and capital markets hub in the global south that would help enhance the capacity of grassroots workers campaigns to effect…
Largest: $50,000 to ORANGE COUNTY CONGREGATION COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION — advancing health through community-driven governance: to build community power and establish a new norm of community-driven governance in anaheim to advance health by researching c…
Largest: $446,985 to Southern CA U of — 78209 engaging grassroots and academic researchers
Largest: $1.1M to GRASSROOTS GLOBAL JUSTICE — it takes roots and grassroots global justice to transition to a feminist anti-racist regenerative economy
Largest: $80,000 to (578) NEW ENGLAND GRASSROOTS ENVIRONMENT FUND INC — to support grassroots engagement that promotes clean energy deployment in new england
The San Francisco FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
31 matching grants · $6.2M · through 2024Largest: $36,730 to GRASSROOTS INTERNATIONAL — for humanitarian aid. to advance human rights and provide humanitarian aid. for general support of grassroots international.
Fuse WashingtonSeattle, WACharity · may take applications
30 matching grants · $1.7M · through 2024Largest: $370,000 to Together for Progress — grassroots organizing
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
31 matching grants · $9.0M · through 2022Largest: $305,750 to DATA AND SOCIETY RESEARCH INSTITUTE — inform worker justice grassroots, legal and policy advocates of the causes and consequences of algorithmic management surveillance, technology on work structures, and the impact of…
Largest: $650,000 to WINDWARD FUND — project support to strengthen the capacity of grassroots leaders to advance equitable climate and clean energy guidelines
United Way of New York CityNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
35 matching grants · $3.1M · through 2024Largest: $200,000 to HOW OUR LIVES LINK ALTOGETHER-HOLLA — the atlas innovation fund is a public-private partnership that is dedicated to advancing violence prevention, community healing, and public safety initiatives in new york city. the…
American Public TransportationWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
29 matching grants · $289,900 · through 2024Largest: $20,000 to GREATER GREATER WASHINGTON — grassroots advocacy
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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 →