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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 “households”
Where the money went
Michigan State Bar FoundationLansing, MICharity · may take applications
138 matching grants · $53.1M · through 2024Largest: $5.1M to LAKESHORE LEGAL AIDMETRO — mshda - edp - legal services for low-income households facing eviction
Largest: $30,000 to FINANCIAL BEGINNINGS OREGON — expands the financial empowerment fellowship program serving communities of color and individuals from low-income households into rural communities in clackamas, marion, multnomah,…
Conrad N Hilton FoundationWestlake Village, CA
28 matching grants · $12.7M · through 2024Largest: $1.3M to SAFE WATER NETWORK — to improve the reliability and sustainability of rural piped water systems in ghana by expanding the provision of safely managed water to new households, digitizing operational asp…
Largest: $275,000 to GREEN AND HEALTHY HOMES INITIATIVE — to support the housing upgrades to benefit seniors project, which will provide home modification and comprehensive services to 915 older adult households in baltimore city.
United Way of Weld CountyGreeley, COCharity · may take applications
31 matching grants · $585,350 · through 2023Largest: $30,240 to Catholic Charities - Archdiocese of Denver — household stability
Largest: $55,232 to NORTH CAROLINA U OF AT CHAPEL HILL CAROL — 77238 studying the impact of combining fiscal incentives and disincentives to improve healthy food purchases by low-income households with children
Vietnam Veterans of AmericaSilver Spring, MDCharity · may take applications
23 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2024Largest: $191,487 to VVA CALIFORNIA STATE COUNCIL — household goods grant
Center for Disaster PhilanthropyWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
19 matching grants · $4.7M · through 2024Largest: $500,000 to INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE INC — irc will receive $500,000 from cdp's covid-19 fund ($350,000) and global recovery fund ($150,000) to address the secondary economic impacts of covid-19 and drought on vulnerable ho…
Largest: $625,000 to Minnesota Home Ownership Center — for general operating support, and to advance equitable access to homeownership for homebuyers and homeowners of color and immediate covid response plan for lower-income households…
The Foundation for Rhode IslandProvidence, RICharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $1.9M · through 2024Largest: $458,357 to PROVIDENCE HEBREW DAY SCHOOL — purpose of grant - to provide scholarships to students who are members of households with annual household income of not more than 250% of federal poverty guideslines.
Community Foundation of the Napa ValleyNapa, CACharity · may take applications
14 matching grants · $1.3M · through 2024Largest: $525,000 to ON THE MOVE — for direct financial assistance via the homelessness prevention program to provide housing stabilization to napa county households at risk of homelessness, made possible by all hom…
Community Action OrganizationHillsboro, ORCharity · may take applications
16 matching grants · $1.9M · through 2021Largest: $344,597 to CENTRO CULTURAL — to provide various program services to individuals and households.
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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 →