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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 “igniting”
Where the money went
Largest: $2,500 to DESSET ARAYA — ignite scholarship
Goodwill Industries InternationalRockville, MDCharity · may take applications
21 matching grants · $17.6M · through 2025Largest: $2.8M to GOODWILL IND OF KENTUCKY INC — accenture skills to succeed 2023, caterpillar 2024, life launch ignite, life launch ignite 2.0, scsep py23, scsep gpms, scsep py24, uhc 2024, usda snap 2023, walmart oa 2023
Community Fdn of Greater Des MoinesDes Moines, IACharity · may take applications
19 matching grants · $1.0M · through 2024Largest: $200,000 to DIOCESE OF DES MOINES — grant distribution in support of the ignite campaign
Largest: $125,000 to COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NOBLE COUNT — ignite your future pilot program
McAuley MinistriesPittsburgh, PACharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $1.3M · through 2024Largest: $204,000 to CENTER THAT CARES — igniting the dream
Tides FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $883,000 · through 2024Largest: $225,000 to LEADERS IGNITING TRANSFORMATION ACTION FUND INC — equity, human rights, and economic empowerment
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $431,833 · through 2023Largest: $191,333 to Ignite — general operating support
Largest: $300,000 to FUTURES WITHOUT VIOLENCE — multi-year grant: catapult: igniting healthy connections for healthy manhood
Largest: $975,000 to Bentonville Public School District — to support expansion of ignite professional studies to add two new pathway programs (industrial design and maintenance and aviation- air mobility), additional students to the healt…
Largest: $40,000 to TEACH FOR AMERICA INC — supporting pilot of ignite tutoring fellowship program
The San Diego FoundationSan Diego, CACharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $496,556 · through 2024Largest: $168,250 to WORDS ALIVE — to support the family literacy program offering bilingual early literacy workshops for life success by igniting a love of reading and inspiring book sharing habits with families of…
St Louis Community FoundationSt Louis, MOCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $234,806 · through 2024Largest: $90,000 to TEACH FOR AMERICA - ST LOUIS — to support the ignite fellowship program (part of larger mcdonnell family gift).
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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 →