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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 “incentives”
Largest: $365,000 to THE BRIDGESPAN GROUP INC — volunteer incentive program
Kansas Association of Child CareSalina, KSCharity · may take applications
304 matching grants · $29.0M · through 2024Largest: $4.7M to JOHNSON COUNTY PARKS&REC DISTRICT — sustainability grant, provider subsidy incentive
Ecology CenterBerkeley, CACharity · may take applications
147 matching grants · $27.3M · through 2024Largest: $1.9M to PACIFIC COAST FARMERS MARKET ASSOCIATION — food insecurity nutrition incentive (fini) grant program
Bob Woodruff Family FoundationLong Island City, NYCharity · may take applications
108 matching grants · $11.5M · through 2025Largest: $263,400 to BASTION COMMUNITY OF RESILIENCE — suicide prevention; conference scholarship; survey incentive; basic needs assistance; super bowl event funding; sponsorship
Finger Lakes Performing Provider SystemRochester, NYCharity · may take applications
106 matching grants · $77.8M · through 2023Largest: $23.7M to U OF R MEDICAL CENTER SMH FINANCIAL SERVICES — financial incentive to implement dsrip projects
Desert Financial Credit UnionPhoenix, AZCharity · may take applications
66 matching grants · $2.3M · through 2024Largest: $38,848 to BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE VALLEY — grant, dollars for doers incentive program, event sponsorship, years of service incentive program
Wheeler ClinicPlainville, CTCharity · may take applications
65 matching grants · $848,984 · through 2024Largest: $53,240 to CT DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS (GARNER CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION CORRIGAN COR — the cross mini-grant is used to start a smart recovery meeting for teens or young adults who use substances, an alternative peer group sober social events and activities for the sa…
Tennessee Rural Health Recruitment &Brentwood, TNCharity · may take applications
48 matching grants · $11.0M · through 2024Largest: $1.6M to UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE - HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION — community incentive
AlohacareHonolulu, HICharity · may take applications
56 matching grants · $2.1M · through 2023Largest: $267,378 to WAIANAE COAST COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CENTER — 2021 qi incentive
Action for ChildrenColumbus, OHCharity · may take applications
46 matching grants · $462,164 · through 2024Largest: $15,833 to FUTURE SCHOLARS LEARNING ACADEMY II — scholarships and incentives
Central Electric CooperativeRedmond, ORCharity · may take applications
43 matching grants · $2.0M · through 2024Largest: $618,333 to JUST KOMFORT HEATING & COOLING LLC — energy efficiency incentive
Largest: $33,680 to THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH — spark incentive award
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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 →