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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 “inflation”
Where the money went
Largest: $10,000 to BUNKER HILL COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC — 2022 inflation recognition grants
Nellie Mae Education FoundationQuincy, MACharity · may take applications
45 matching grants · $2.7M · through 2022Largest: $367,000 to ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY — support amplifying youth voice & leadership technical assistance and inflation support
Largest: $10,000 to BEREAN COMMUNITY CENTER — unrestricted inflation support grant
Largest: $22,500 to UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION — inflation support
Largest: $2,500 to KIDS AT THEIR BEST — inflation adjustment grant
Largest: $52,557 to REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO — to conduct research by using medicare advantage encounter data and traditional medicare claims to develop a process to include medicare advantage data in the calculation of inflati…
Largest: $75,000 to COMMON DEFENSE EDUCATION FUND INC — to launch a veteran organizing fellowship program in southwest pennsylvania in partnership with center for coalfield justice in order to enhance local climate justice advocacy, esp…
Largest: $300,000 to Vanderbilt University Medical Center — the inflation reduction act's price negotiation program: implications for patient access to and affordability of medications
Sheng-Yen Lu FoundationRedmond, WACharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $76,669 · through 2022Largest: $9,500 to WEST AFRICAN COMMUNITY COUNCIL — inflation relief grants
Largest: $240,000 to CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS — to support the implementation of the biden administrations climate and justice40 commitments and the historic climate, resilience, and environmental justice investments secured thr…
Largest: $70,000 to FRIENDS OF CSWCT — support for ensuring high quality of care at ngamba island chimpanzee sanctuary, which has been impacted by the pandemic, soaring inflation, and loss of essential tourism revenues.
Clean Air Task ForceBoston, MACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $400,000 · through 2023Largest: $100,000 to BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE INC — inflation reduction
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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 →