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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 “half”
Where the money went
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $2.1M · through 2022Largest: $476,448 to World Vision Inc — where most needed. support for the every last one campaign, unrestricted, recovery lending for resilience program support (d5820006), half is designated for the refugee children?s …
Largest: $20,000 to DANVILLE AREA HUMANE SOCIETY INC — one-half of annual required distribution
East Bay Community FoundationOakland, CACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $659,371 · through 2024Largest: $31,000 to CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY — tepper school of business half to scholarship fund and half to general support, to support the general endowment
Largest: $60,125 to FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF TEAGUE TX — one-half to the permanent endowment with the income used as the governing body discerns. one-half to the sadie jo black family endowment fund to provide seminars
The Community Foundation of MiddleNashville, TNCharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $131,437 · through 2024Largest: $36,607 to HANDS ON NASHVILLE INC — to support half the salary + benefits of the administrative position which hon houses to support voad.
Squash and Education AllianceNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $225,000 · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to METROsquash — second half of carnegie grant disbursement
Largest: $20,000 to UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS — one-half restricted for the annual fund and one-half restricted for the monaghan scholarship
The San Francisco FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $518,388 · through 2022Largest: $155,000 to PUENTE DE LA COSTA SUR — program - for general support. program - to support direct relief for families impacted by the january. 2023 shooting in half moon bay. advised - for the dedicated fund: "half moon…
The Administrators of the Tulane Educational FundNew Orleans, LACharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $416,459 · through 2024Largest: $176,157 to GLASS HALF FULL — subcontract grant award
Largest: $33,504 to HIGHTS INC — funding towards half of the purchase of a vehicle to be used in youth programs, training funds for team in graham county, and clinical, site and licensure supervision for a new sta…
Give Forward FoundationSan Francisco, CA
3 matching grants · $600,000 · through 2024Largest: $200,000 to IMMIGRANT LEGAL RESOURCE CENTER — half for general operating support and half to support the crisp collaborative for work through june 2025
Largest: $13,500 to HOPE'S PLACE INC — contract with people pinnacle to create a three- to five-year strategic plan for its organization. people pinnacle will conduct two focus groups with staff, research industry and o…
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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 →