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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 “happen”
Where the money went
Largest: $25,000 to TOWN OF WASHINGTON — make it happen
Largest: $50,000 to Milton Renaissance Foundation — make more happen together
Largest: $20,000 to INDEPENDENT SECTOR — this grant is to support five scholarships to attend the upswell summit, happening november 15-17, in dallas-fort worth, texas.
Largest: $420,000 to UCSF FOUNDATION — to support the groundbreaking research, leadership training, and compassionate care that happen every day at the university of california, san francisco
The Early Learning Coalition of FlaglerDaytona Beach, FLCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $670,469 · through 2023Largest: $92,373 to FAMILY HAPPENS INC — arpa grant, crrsa phase vi grant, int capacity grant, playground safety grant
Baltimore Children and Youth FundBaltimore, MDCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $292,500 · through 2024Largest: $150,000 to DANCE HAPPENS INCORPORATED — grassroots fund
Largest: $15,000 to SCHOOLAID INTERNATIONAL INC — everyone believes that all students should receive the best possible education. in our fluctuating economy, however, the funding needed to make it happen is not easy to find. this …
United Way of Mower CountyAustin, MNCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $53,910 · through 2024Largest: $15,000 to RECOVERY IS HAPPENING — recovery on a mission
Million Dollar Round Table FoundationPark Ridge, ILCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $135,000 · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to LIFE HAPPENS — family services
Largest: $100,000 to MAKING HOPE HAPPEN FOUNDATION — program/operating support
Largest: $25,000 to KINGDOM WORKS — making housing and communities happen
Quad Cities Golf Classic CharitableEast Moline, ILCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $82,732 · through 2024Largest: $28,223 to ONE EIGHTY PREVIOUSLY THE 180 ZONE — one eighty prevents crisis, poverty, and addiction before it happens, reach out to those who are in crisis, poverty, and addiction, and develop those who were in crisis, poverty, 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 →