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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 “heifer”
Where the money went
Largest: $1.5M to Heifer International — humanitarian assistance
Largest: $15,000 to HEIFER INTERNATIONAL — to build an endowment to generate ongoing support for the work of heifer project international
Seattle FoundationSeattle, WACharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $375,000 · through 2024Largest: $200,000 to HEIFER PROJECT INTERNATIONAL — to provide general support
Mastercard FoundationCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $20.5M · through 2024Largest: $9.8M to Heifer Project International — youth learning
Largest: $6,441 to HEIFER INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION — program/operating support
Largest: $9,110 to HEIFER INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION — donations to colleges, universities and other organizations under "matching gifts program."
Largest: $20,000 to Heifer International — to support heifer international's mission
Conservation International FoundationArlington, VACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $858,045 · through 2024Largest: $406,197 to HEIFER PROJECT INTERNATIONAL — heifer challenge program
Heifer International FoundationLittle Rock, ARCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $11.5M · through 2023Largest: $7.0M to HEIFER PROJECT INTERNATIONAL — ongoing support based on donor restrictions, articles of incorporation, and bylaws of heifer international foundation, based on board governance. heifer project international's mis…
Largest: $150,000 to HEIFER INTERNATIONAL — usa farm education program and guatamala green business
Largest: $10,000 to HEIFER PROJECT INTERNATIONAL — employee giving program
Largest: $7,785 to HEIFER PROJECT INTERNATIONAL — general operating support
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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 →