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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 “harm”
Where the money went
National Harm Reduction CoalitionNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
95 matching grants · $6.7M · through 2024Largest: $31,449 to Stockton Harm Reduction Program Harm Reduction Services — harm reduction programming
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
89 matching grants · $3.0M · through 2023Largest: $52,500 to Florida Harm Reduction Collective Inc — swop behind bars - general operating support for harm reduction, general operating support, lips (ladies intervention project for success) - general operating support for harm redu…
Largest: $1.7M to NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE — 81434 supporting the new jersey reparations council in researching the enduring impact of slavery in the state toward a blueprint to repair slavery's harms
Largest: $450,000 to CODE FOR SCIENCE AND SOCIETY INC — to support the distributed ai research institute's work on the discriminatory impacts of artificial intelligence and how to mitigate harm, to benefit both the global technical rese…
Largest: $241,495 to NEXT HARM REDUCTION INC — to upgrade next distro's digital and operational infrastructure to provide harm reduction services to rural communities and traditionally under-served populations to mitigate the o…
Largest: $500,000 to CODE FOR SCIENCE AND SOCIETY INC — to support the distributed artificial intelligence research institute for their work on the discriminatory impacts of artificial intelligence and how to mitigate harm, to benefit b…
National Alliance of State andWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
44 matching grants · $3.2M · through 2023Largest: $181,567 to HARM REDUCTION MICHIGAN — support infectious disease workforce in partnership w/ ssps to serve as access points for covid19 education/testing/referral to medical care/contact tracing/vaccination for pwid
Largest: $165,000 to HOLLER HARM REDUCTION — this project will support holler harm reduction to continue to build its capacity as an integral harm reduction provider in madison county.
Largest: $100,000 to THE GOOD NATION FOUNDATION INC — the prometheus conspiracy - advancing health equity via research: to advance health and racial equity by engaging in research and data analysis on public funds being used to perpet…
Vital StrategiesNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
19 matching grants · $3.3M · through 2024Largest: $438,607 to NEW JERSEY HARM REDUCTION COALITION — overdose prevention (opioid)
Largest: $225,000 to STATE HIGHER EDUCATION EXECUTIVE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION — to conduct research that assesses the impact of college closures on students' educational outcomes and identifies which policies best mitigate the potential harms of closures.
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
13 matching grants · $10.8M · through 2024Largest: $35,000 to Surveillance Technology Oversight Project Inc — in support of a series of white papers exploring the harms and claimed benefits of "smart cities" technology using community-centered partnerships and in-depth research.
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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 →