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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 “intership”
Where the money went
Largest: $176,934 to PFI - FAYETTEVILLE STATE — intership program
Largest: $10,000 to CLEVELAND HILLEL FOUNDATION — summer interships
Knox County FoundationMount Vernon, OHCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $244,010 · through 2024Largest: $86,750 to Kenyon College — annual desig/community intership
Largest: $7,000 to UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND — support for funding of scholarships, interships and fellowships
Chinese Community Health CareSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $60,500 · through 2024Largest: $22,500 to WOMENS DIVISION CHRISTIAN SERVICE GUM MOON RESIDENCE HALL — to support teen heal intership program, early childhood development and parent support program
Birds of Prey Nca PartnershipBoise, IDCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $17,625 · through 2025Largest: $10,000 to BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC — research and conservation intership opportunities for undergraduate students and post-baccalaureate workers via outdoor classroom program
Firedoll FoundationWalnut Creek, CA
3 matching grants · $17,500 · through 2024Largest: $7,500 to Earth Team — sustainable youth intership program
Largest: $9,000 to Pencil (Intership Program) — general charitable,benevolent, scientific& educational purposes
Mercy Medical CenterBaltimore, MDCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $190,200 · through 2023Largest: $99,000 to CRISTO REY CORPORATE — $49,500 + $49,500 =99,000 corporate intership program ( cip)sponsorship annual fee.
Largest: $50,000 to CAL POLY COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE FOOD & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES — for the newhall intership program in agriculture
The Anti-Recidivism CoalitionLos Angeles, CACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $45,000 · through 2023Largest: $25,000 to CAL STATE LA UNIVERSITY AUXILIIARY SERICES INC — subgrant of mentored intership program - csula project rebound
Largest: $10,000 to DEGREES OF CHANGE — local act six and seed intership fund
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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 →

