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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 “infants”
Where the money went
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
57 matching grants · $16.0M · through 2024Largest: $295,018 to UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER — improve health outcomes for vulnerable infants and mothers in mississippi by providing resources and education on obstetrical, neonatal and infant emergencies to providers at 10 ru…
Largest: $25,114 to CALIFORNIA U OF DAVIS — 75116 studying the causal effects of the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children on infant and child outcomes
Largest: $100,000 to NATIONAL CENTER FOR YOUTH LAW — stopping institutional harm and supporting parent and infant mental health through alternatives to family policing: abolition study and innovation - a collaboration with irving har…
Children'S Trust of South CarolinaColumbia, SCCharity · may take applications
30 matching grants · $13.8M · through 2022Largest: $1.3M to CAROLINA HEALTH CENTERS INC — maternal, infant, early childhood home visiting
Largest: $118,095 to BOSTON CHILDRENS HOSPITAL — assistance to indigent and dysfunctional families, especially concerning infant and very young children in order to provide them with the support and assistance necessary to grow u…
Hope for New HavenNew Haven, CTCharity · may take applications
30 matching grants · $1.3M · through 2024Largest: $86,625 to IT TAKES A VILLAGE LEARNING CENTER — infant and toddler enhancement and expansion grant programs passed through from the state of connecticut.
Largest: $66,959 to TEMPLE UNIVERSITY - INFANT AND CHILD LABORATORY — playful learning in ece research
Conrad N Hilton FoundationWestlake Village, CA
20 matching grants · $10.1M · through 2024Largest: $1.9M to ZERO TO THREE NATIONAL CENTER FOR INFANTS TODDLERS AND FAMILIES — to scale the healthysteps holistic pediatric care model in los angeles county and advocate for improved local and national policies and financing to improve early childhood develop…
United Way of Greater New HavenNew Haven, CTCharity · may take applications
16 matching grants · $7.8M · through 2024Largest: $316,256 to MORNING GLORY INFANT TODDLER CENTER — to help provide additional affordable infant and toddler care in our area
Langley for Families -Newport News, VACharity · may take applications
20 matching grants · $522,223 · through 2025Largest: $109,272 to CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF THE KINGS DAUGHTER — contributed funds to assist a variety of local 501(c)(3) healthcare organizations providing healthcare services to adults and children, prevent high risk pregnancies and care for p…
Largest: $2.9M to HELMHOLTZ ZENTRUM MUNCHEN (GMBH) — continuation of the gppad-02-study: identification of infants with increased type 1 diabetes risk for enrollment into primary prevention trials
Largest: $340,169 to ZERO TO THREE - NATIONAL CENTER FOR INFANT'S TODDLERS AND FAMILIES — to support the expansion, integration, and sustainability of healthysteps in guilford county in 2021 (year 3).
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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 →

