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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 “inherited”
Where the money went
John Templeton FoundationWest Conshohocken, PA
19 matching grants · $6.8M · through 2024Largest: $1.5M to THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO — mouse & human cell culture models of transgenerational epigenetic inheritance of epimutations
Largest: $121,000 to DIVINE INHERITANCE DBA INHERITANCE FIRE — for charitable leadership development.
James N McCoy FoundationWichita Falls, TX
6 matching grants · $180,000 · through 2025Largest: $40,000 to INHERITANCE ADOPTIONS — general operations.
American Thrombosis and HemostasisHickory, NCCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2024Largest: $393,944 to CENTER FOR INHERITED BLOOD DISORDERS — data management and research project support
Marin Community FoundationNovato, CACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $1.5M · through 2024Largest: $400,000 to SOCIETY FOR INHERITED METABOLIC DISORDERS — general operating support
Quad Cities Golf Classic CharitableEast Moline, ILCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $33,427 · through 2024Largest: $9,925 to NORMALEAH OVARIAN CANCER INITIATIVE — enriching lives for women & families impacted by ovarian & other cancers through early detection education, patient support services & research funding, with an emphasis on genetic…
Largest: $100,000 to RETINA FOUNDATION OF THE SOUTHWEST — research for inherited
Largest: $165,000 to THE INHERITANCE HOUSE — general fundinggeneral funding
Largest: $6.5M to PHILANTHROPIC IMPACT FOUNDATION — impact philanthropy, empower campaign, equalizeher, inherit the music support, skilled careers collaborative, the philanthropy initiative, childhood drowning prevention initiative,…
Largest: $3.9M to PHILANTHROPIC IMPACT FOUNDATION — case for kindness documentary, initiative to end childhood drowning, second chance hiring, united for financial health, skilled trades, inherit the music and women in music, impact…
Largest: $40,000 to GLOBAL INHERITANCE INC — financial support for dedicated project manager position
Combined Health Agencies DriveOmaha, NECharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $47,196 · through 2024Largest: $21,071 to NEBRASKA CHAPTER OF THE THE NATIONAL BLEEDING DISORDERS FOUNDATION — to find better treatments and cures for inheritable bleeding disorders and to prevent the complications of these disorders through education, advocacy and research
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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 →