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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.
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Largest: $277,000 to PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE — to hold colloquiums between chinese and u.s. scholars on global governance issues around industrial policy for energy transition, international aid and debt, development standards …
JobsohioColumbus, OHCharity · may take applications
25 matching grants · $7.0M · through 2024Largest: $1.0M to LOUIS DREYFUS COMPANY HOLDING INC — economic development
Largest: $13.5M to PHILIPS HOLDING USA INC — mnch discovery and tools
Jefferson Regional FoundationPittsburgh, PACharity · may take applications
19 matching grants · $1.2M · through 2023Largest: $48,000 to CLAIRTON UNITY GROUP — hold a convening for 45 people from clairton on the gateway clipper focused on the social determinants of health. hold two separate convenings-one for 7th and 8th grade students an…
Latino Economic Development CorporationWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
18 matching grants · $703,163 · through 2023Largest: $10,080 to WHITEMARSH HOLDINGS 18 LLC AKA WHITEMARSH HOLDINGS LLC — covid relief assistance
Ncrc Community Development FundWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
18 matching grants · $1.3M · through 2023Largest: $182,916 to NEW CROWN HOLDINGS LLC — illinois coronavirus fiscal recovery funds
Largest: $475,000 to DAWNING LLC — to create compelling visual content, based on rigorous social science research, telling the stories of civil society using the international justice system to hold power accountabl…
American Association ofSilver Spring, MDCharity · may take applications
16 matching grants · $594,366 · through 2024Largest: $152,803 to BLANK PARK ZOO FOUNDATION — fl broodstock managm & coral holding project
Early Learning Coalition of BrowardFort Lauderdale, FLCharity · may take applications
10 matching grants · $5.6M · through 2024Largest: $997,483 to ELC BROWARD HOLDINGS LLC DBA EARLY LEARNING CENTER OF MARGAT — childcare reimb
Largest: $1.0M to CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION — to support collection processing, digitization, and outreach and engagement activities for the vivian g. harsh research collection and other black history-related holdings at the c…
Largest: $35.2M to SAND TECH HOLDINGS LIMITED — program support
The Oak Hill FundCharlottesville, VA
8 matching grants · $380,000 · through 2024Largest: $80,000 to ENVIRONMENTAL INTEGRITY PROJECT — to strengthen protections for virginia's waterways and the chesapeake bay, raise awareness about bacteria and nutrient pollution, and hold polluters and governments accountable und…
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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 →