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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 “homless”
Where the money went
Community Solutions InternationalNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $297,750 · through 2023Largest: $100,000 to METRO DENVER HOMLESS INITIATIVE — flex fund grant for bfz pleh learning lab
Meet the Needs CharlestonMount Pleasant, SCCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $550,000 · through 2024Largest: $200,000 to One 80 Place — to support the efforts provided by one 80 place to end and prevent homlessness one person and one family at a time.
Largest: $3,400 to HELP THE HOMLESS SOMERSET KY — homeless services
Largest: $51,980 to VALLEY RESCUE MISSION INC — homless shelter.
Bruce G Geary FoundationStaten Island, NY
4 matching grants · $30,000 · through 2023Largest: $10,000 to ANIMAL RESCUE CORPS — care and support of homless animals
Largest: $30,000 to PASADENA HUMANE SOCIETY — refuge for homless amimals
Mayo Clinic Group ReturnRochester, MNCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $5.0M · through 2024Largest: $5.0M to IM SULZBACHER CENTER FOR THE HOMLESS INC — support charitable programs
Anna Main Charitable TrustSt Clair Shores, MI
3 matching grants · $120,000 · through 2023Largest: $40,000 to CHRISTIAN SERVICE PROGRAM — provide shervices for homless and in
Largest: $3,000 to Coachella Valley Rescue Mission — fund support for the homless in the coachella valley
Largest: $25,000 to ACCESS INC — focus on the future program (immediate needs for homless children)
United Way of Cayuga CountyAuburn, NYCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $48,000 · through 2024Largest: $20,000 to CHAPEL HOUSE — homless shelter
Largest: $5,000 to NEW ENGLAND FOOD FOUNDATION INC — assists poor, needy and homless family
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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 →