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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 “homework”
Where the money went
Seniorage Area Agency On AgingSpringfield, MOCharity · may take applications
20 matching grants · $1.3M · through 2024Largest: $174,745 to CoxHealth at Home — homework, respite, personal care
United Way of SouthernBrownsville, TXCharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $250,000 · through 2024Largest: $45,000 to BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF LOS FRESNOS — power hour tutorials and homework help and triple play healthy habits
Largest: $275,000 to COMMUNITY HOMEWORKS — general operating support
Largest: $7,000 to NEIGHBORHOOD HOMEWORK HOUSE — neighborhood homework house campership program
Largest: $5,000 to HOMEWORKS TRENTON INC — homeworks trenton black and brown girl wellness program
Largest: $150,000 to NEST — elevate prize program - to protect the interests of artisan homeworkers and makers around the world
Largest: $150,000 to Urban Homeworks Inc — for general operating support, and for project support to deliver on the objectives of urban homework's new strategic plan
Largest: $30,000 to Hoops and Homework inc — h&h after hours & scholarship program
Largest: $175,000 to HOMEWORKS TRENTON INC — we are home: the campaign for homewo
Dollar General Literacy FoundationGoodlettsville, TNCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $70,000 · through 2025Largest: $20,000 to HOMEWORK HOTLINE — homework hotline mat
West Harlem Development CorporationNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $57,500 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to BROADWAY HOUSING COMMUNITIES INC — to support the homework club to provide mcb9 youth with academic support, homework help, one-on-one tutoring, and a welcoming, safe space during the school year.
Largest: $5,667 to THE DAKOTA CENTER HOMEWORK CLUB — program 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 →