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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 “innocence”
Where the money went
Boston FoundationBoston, MACharity · may take applications
11 matching grants · $1.2M · through 2024Largest: $255,250 to Innocence Project Inc — operating support/annual fund
Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy FundNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $472,300 · through 2024Largest: $152,600 to INNOCENCE PROJECT INC — community & human services
Largest: $150,000 to INNOCENCE PROJECT NEW ORLEANS — louisiana law enforcement accountability database
Largest: $87,500 to INNOCENCE PROJECT INC — 82621 documenting and amplifying the stories of wrongfully convicted people in an era of mass incarceration
Largest: $106,000 to TENNESSEE INNOCENCE PROJECT — to promote the investigation and litigation of persons with evidence of actual innocence
The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift FundNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $1.2M · through 2024Largest: $345,000 to INNOCENCE PROJECT INC — community outreach & enrichment programs
Leo Model FoundationPhiladelphia, PA
6 matching grants · $105,000 · through 2024Largest: $15,000 to INNOCENCE PROJECT — exoneration of innocent via dna testing and reforming the justice system
Largest: $10,000 to HOLY INNOCENTS EPISCOPAL SCHOOL — program/operating support
Largest: $65,000 to INNOCENCE PROJECT — assist prisoners who could be proven innocent through dna testing
Tides FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $118,262 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to WITNESS TO INNOCENCE — equity, human rights, and economic empowerment
Seattle FoundationSeattle, WACharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $117,000 · through 2024Largest: $40,000 to WASHINGTON INNOCENCE PROJECT — to provide general support
Largest: $500,000 to FRIENDS OF HOLY INNOCENTS — program support
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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 →