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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 “infrastructure”
Where the money went
Largest: $329,000 to UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST — core support for the digital public infrastructure research center to investigate the social role of internet platforms, and to advocate for approaches to digital infrastructures t…
Largest: $9.8M to SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION — catalyzing california's narrative infrastructure to advance health justice: to advance health justice for all californians by developing robust health justice metrics and growing n…
Propel NonprofitsMinneapolis, MNCharity · may take applications
162 matching grants · $5.1M · through 2024Largest: $434,423 to SPRINGBOARD FOR THE ARTS — seeding cultural treasures & nonprofit infrastructure grant programs
The Recycling PartnershipWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
129 matching grants · $20.7M · through 2024Largest: $1.5M to CITY OF KANSAS CITY MO — community grant to improve recycling collection, education and infrastructure, resin donation for recycling infrastructure grant
Coastal EnterprisesBrunswick, MECharity · may take applications
151 matching grants · $7.7M · through 2023Largest: $250,000 to CIRCLE OF FRIENDS DAYCARE — child care infrastructure grant program
Largest: $1.1M to AMALGAMATED CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC — renewal support for communities first fund to advance the equitable implementation of federal infrastructure funding. communities first fund will bring community partners, governme…
Largest: $847,484 to BROOKINGS INSTITUTION — 82511 building out a community-led data infrastructure to provide marginalized communities with greater control of research and data governance
Wyoming Governor'S Residence FoundationCheyenne, WYCharity · may take applications
131 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2024Largest: $55,000 to WYOMING VETERANS COMMISSION TRUST FUND — food, meal, and/or infrastructure support
Asian & Pacific Islander American VoteWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
98 matching grants · $4.7M · through 2025Largest: $700,000 to Asian Americans Rise — field infrastructure
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
62 matching grants · $22.4M · through 2024Largest: $2.0M to Native BioData Consortium — to provide general operating support and help establish the critical technical, legal and regulatory infrastructure for the native biodata consortium, a new initiative working to e…
The Community Foundation of Herkimer andUtica, NYCharity · may take applications
144 matching grants · $12.6M · through 2024Largest: $32,058 to NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC — capital, infrastructure - it, general support, program support
Largest: $750,000 to CODE FOR SCIENCE & SOCIETY INC — to support invest in open infrastructure in the further development of the catalog of open infrastructure services and to test models and strategies for sustaining open infrastruct…
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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 →