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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 “intellectual”
Where the money went
Largest: $489,250 to Clearbrook — program support - intellectual & developmental disabilities
John Templeton FoundationWest Conshohocken, PA
60 matching grants · $21.0M · through 2024Largest: $2.2M to GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY — applied research on intellectual humility: a request for proposals
Largest: $225,000 to JUBILEE ASSOCIATION OF MARYLAND — intellectual disabilities grant
Largest: $10,000 to INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OWNERS EDUCATION FOUNDATION — intellectual property education/support
Largest: $432,000 to NOTRE EUROPE - INSTITUT JACQUES DELORS — to promote better understanding of the european union enlargement by the french intellectuals, policy makers, researchers, students and general public
K of C CharitiesLa Crosse, KSCharity · may take applications
25 matching grants · $343,127 · through 2024Largest: $60,021 to KANSAS SPECIAL OLYMPICS — to service persons with intellectual disabilities throughout the state of kansas.
Largest: $62,000 to THE INTELLECTUALLY DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — to support the development of an affordable housing community for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities
Largest: $520,000 to INITIATIVE FOR MEDICINES ACCESS & KNOWLEDGE INC — to support the purpose of developing and advancing a comprehensive set of policy options for intellectual property reform in the drug space through research, public education, and …
Largest: $200,000 to FORDHAM UNIVERSITY — fordham university, the jesuit university of new york, is committed to the discovery of wisdom and the transmission of learning, through research and through undergraduate, graduat…
Special Olympics SouthernLong Beach, CACharity · may take applications
16 matching grants · $139,726 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to CLAIREMONT HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION — supports activities that create inclusive school communities for youth with intellectual disabilities.
Largest: $150,000 to STRATHMORE UNIVERSITY — core support to the centre for intellectual property and information technology law for advancing research and awareness on law and policies around online information and communica…
Largest: $75,000 to REACH INC — support operations and rebuild participant services programs for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in klamath 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 →