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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 “injustice”
Where the money went
Largest: $54,100 to SEWA - AIFW INC — to help fight inequalities, injustice and intolerance in all its forms
Largest: $27,640 to SIWATU SALAMA RA — to support a project to conduct research, organizing and public education activities on the connections between mass incarceration and environmental injustice
Bay Area Community ResourcesEl Cerrito, CACharity · may take applications
34 matching grants · $443,815 · through 2023Largest: $40,550 to FRIENDS OF SCHOOL OF THE ARTS — address social injustice in san francisco
Largest: $100,000 to CODE FOR SCIENCE AND SOCIETY — core support for real ml to support researchers and practitioners developing actionable work to challenge injustice and power imbalances resulting from machine learning technology
Largest: $25,000 to FUTURE LEADERS OF AMERICA — supporting health equity through youth participatory action research: to inform and support power building efforts among young people (ages 16 - 24) throughout the state of califor…
Largest: $250,000 to FOR FREEDOMS FEDERATION LLC — to increase public awareness of climate injustice
Largest: $5.0M to NAACP FOUNDATION — 80310 supporting the naacp endowment in helping to sustain the fight for civil rights and to weather the rising tides of inequality and injustice
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
10 matching grants · $866,500 · through 2024Largest: $270,000 to Injustice Watch NFP — in support of general operations
Largest: $20,000 to Equal Justice Initiative — support for the prevention of racial injustice
Largest: $730,000 to Correctiv — investigates injustices and abuses of power and runs educational programs
Largest: $400,000 to OXFAM AMERICA — funding is for the creation of lasting solutions to end poverty, hunger and injustice. 170(b)(1)(a)(vi)
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $222,500 · through 2023Largest: $55,250 to Injustice Watch NFP — general operating support, in support of injustice watch nfp to expand coverage and investigate issues related to housing and homeownership in cook county
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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 →