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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.
11 funders with a record of paying for “indvidual”
Where the money went
United Way of Ellis CountyHays, KSCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $172,475 · through 2024Largest: $63,000 to DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES OF NWK — suprt for indviduals with disabilit
Largest: $66,000 to VARIOUS INDVIDUALS — college scholarships
Largest: $55,913 to YMCA OF SILICON VALLEY — support programs that strengthen our community by improving the quality of life and inspiring indviduals and families to develop their fullest potential in spirit, mind and body.
Largest: $2,500 to COMMUNITY ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE LV — offers many programs that assist indviduals and families in a variety of ways.
The Jewish FundBloomfield Hills, MICharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $107,000 · through 2024Largest: $107,000 to YAD EZRA — healthy food for food insecure indviduals and families
Emmett FoundationLos Angeles, CA
1 matching grant · $20,000 · through 2023Largest: $20,000 to SEVENTH GENERATION ADVISORS — to empower indviduals and organizations to create and adopt solutions that protect our environment
Largest: $3,000 to UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND — educational assistance - scholarship to 1 indvidual
Largest: $7,538 to Various Indviduals — help battle cystic fibrosis
Largest: $5,000 to CHRYSALIS — to provide job-readiness programs to homeless and low income indviduals
Largest: $5,000 to Vistation Home — group home for disabled indviduals
Largest: $1,434 to Various Indviduals — programs for youths and veterans
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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 →