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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 “insurance”
Where the money went
Illinois Primary Health Care AssociationSpringfield, ILCharity · may take applications
152 matching grants · $18.5M · through 2024Largest: $73,764 to Knox County — to improve chronic disease outcomes among chc patients, improve health insurance marketplace enrollments, and improve covid education and vaccination rates.to improve chronic disea…
National Indian Health BoardWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
106 matching grants · $5.0M · through 2024Largest: $350,000 to TULE RIVER HEALTH CENTER INC — to forward the mission of promoting reliable and affordable insurance for native americans
Largest: $180,000 to NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INSURANCE COMMIS — 79770 expanding research to classify insurance industry investments for social infrastructure, including affordable housing and community resilience
Largest: $1.0M to YALE UNIVERSITY — to support scholarship involving health markets, insurance premiums, bad actors, and state-level interactions.
East Denver Colfax PartnershipDenver, COCharity · may take applications
52 matching grants · $652,500 · through 2025Largest: $15,000 to MACHETE LLC — rent or mortgage payments (excluding taxes), utilities and insurance payroll, benefits, or incentives (e.g., bonuses) to hire and retain workers inventory/supplies
Largest: $15,644 to Regents of the University of California Los Angeles — transfer from cuny: issues in insurance design: a public option and wealth inequality under high-deductible insurance
Trusted ChoiceAlexandria, VACharity · may take applications
20 matching grants · $818,894 · through 2023Largest: $65,000 to INDEPENDENT INSURANCE AGENTS OF RHODE ISLAND — advertising & recruiting
Largest: $35,000 to STEVE STRICKER AMERICAN FAMILY INSURANCE FOUNDATIO — program support
Largest: $225,000 to R Street Institute — to support nonpartisan research exploring how federally subsidized crop insurance and other farm subsidy programs perpetuate environmental degradation and how to reform those progr…
Iianc Education FoundationCary, NCCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $3.1M · through 2024Largest: $1.2M to INDEPENDENT INSURANCE AGENTS OF NC — scholarships and insurance education events.
Largest: $25,000 to CONNECTICUT OFFICE OF THE HEALTHCARE ADVOCATE — to support oha in its efforts to advocate for consumer affordability considerations in the annual premium rate review process for insurance carriers licensed to sell health insuran…
Largest: $28,000 to Tom Beben — cover medical costs not associated with insurance
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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 →