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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 “incubator”
Where the money went
United Way of New York CityNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
67 matching grants · $5.7M · through 2024Largest: $630,587 to CHOOSE HEALTHY LIFE — choose healthy life-uwnyc successfully supported the incubation of choose healthy life, a national non-profit addressing health disparities through faith-based partnerships with th…
Largest: $215,000 to INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR THE ARTS SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY — core support for the leonardo criptech incubator, an art-and-technology fellowship centered on disability innovation
Largest: $500,000 to New Capernaum Life Services — food truck & workforce readiness incubator initiative
Louisiana Business Incubation AssociatioBaton Rouge, LACharity · may take applications
28 matching grants · $503,268 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to LSU INNOVATION PARK INCUBATOR — support incubators in their mission of creating, developing, and mentoring small businesses.
Largest: $150,000 to Lower Sioux Indian Community — for general operating support, to support arts programming at the intergenerational cultural incubator at lower sioux, to close the final gap in the incubator capital budget, and t…
Voa Futures FundAlexandria, VACharity · may take applications
25 matching grants · $397,500 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to LET'S GO — initial incubator award
Community PartnersLos Angeles, CACharity · may take applications
26 matching grants · $389,530 · through 2021Largest: $15,000 to MEALS ON WHEELS WEST — mental health incubation academy providing mentoring, training, technical support and financial reports to commuity based organziations
Largest: $208,500 to IMPACT INNOVATORS AND ENTREPRENEURS FOUNDATION — to support the design and launch of an incubation-affiliated fund focused on invention-based enterprises in africa that increases access to affordable healthcare and develop a work…
Largest: $70,000 to CHELSEA FILM FESTIVAL — 2024 screenwriting - filmmaking incubator initiative
Largest: $800,000 to Camelback Ventures Inc — to incubate 40 diverse entrepreneurs to develop and launch education ventures through the camelback fellowship and to convene communications and thought leaders and influential fun…
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
15 matching grants · $10.2M · through 2022Largest: $435,000 to Northwest Side CDC — in support of its financial capacity program planning phase. to support collaboration of nwscdc, wbdc, and onward house in the belmont cragin community. in support of the launch of…
Largest: $207,560 to Old-Town Orono YMCA — aspirations incubator program
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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 →