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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 “identified”
Where the money went
Largest: $200,000 to SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL — to build capacity for knowledge generation on china in the global south by mapping the existing knowledge hubs and networks, identifying best practices and connecting research inst…
Largest: $1.1M to UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON — to conduct research exploring the impacts of monetary sanctions and identifying alternative legal system reforms.
Largest: $4.2M to TRAILHEAD INSTITUTE — champion health equity; maintain healthy bodies; nurture healthy minds; strengthen community health; general donation to support organization or program; matching contribution to s…
Largest: $3.3M to LEADERSHIP CONF EDU FUND — 78879 advancing state and federal policies for meaningful data disaggregation, allowing research and advocacy to identify gaps in and achieve racial equity
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterCharlestown, MACharity · may take applications
77 matching grants · $16.6M · through 2023Largest: $1.5M to NEW ENGLAND LIFE FLIGHT INC (DBA BOSTON MEDFLIGHT) — care access and/or to address other identified community health needs
Largest: $2.7M to TNTP Inc — to advance community-driven educational change in catalytic communities and to research and publish a national report to identify the practices in schools that change students' aca…
Largest: $300,000 to NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES — to support an effort to assess trends in insect abundance in north america, identify research priorities, and suggest actions to slow insect losses in areas identified as most vuln…
Largest: $295,920 to REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN — support for research to identify trauma-informed practices that could improve the quality of inclusive entrepreneurial support services. 202204-12292
Beth Israel Lahey HealthCharlestown, MACharity · may take applications
40 matching grants · $2.4M · through 2023Largest: $346,833 to CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE FOUNDATION INC — care access and/or to address other identified community health needs
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
34 matching grants · $6.8M · through 2022Largest: $200,000 to MARCH OF DIMES INC — eliminate racial disparities in birth outcomes by implementing policy, research, systems, funding and programmatic solutions identified on the march of dimes' national equity frame…
Largest: $431,193 to UC SAN FRANCISCO — identifying the altered gene regulatory networks at single-cell resolution along the trajectory of brain development in autism spectrum disorders
Largest: $150,000 to POWER FOR ALL — in support of efforts to catalyze research and evidence creation to help identify the fastest, most affordable and clean approaches to providing energy access for all
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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 →