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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 “introduce”
Where the money went
Largest: $37,500 to GBMC — to support the organization's mission to introduce adolescents to christ and grow with them
Largest: $5,000 to Mentoring Urban Students & Teens — every year must takes its participants on several college tours where they get to see what campus life is like, learn about degree programs and career paths, and get enrollment and…
United Way of New York CityNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
14 matching grants · $1.2M · through 2024Largest: $246,996 to NATIONAL COUNCIL OF TEACHERS OF ENGLISH — education read write & code- rwc builds upon lessons learned from readnyc, uwnycs decade-long literacy program in mott haven in the bronx, and adds new elements to help prepare chi…
Largest: $50,000 to ALTASEA AT THE PORT OF LOS ANGELES — grounded in cross-sector partnerships, altasea's project blue education program was designed to teach young people, particularly students of color about california's greatest asset…
Largest: $15,000 to THREE RIVERS ROWING ASSOCIATION — to support a program that introduces youth to the sport of rowing
Largest: $315,123 to ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITIES INC — introduce two cohorts of students to radio technologies and develop a scalable, hands-on curriculum.
Largest: $427,500 to MOVEMENT STRAT CTR — 80955 supporting the orchid capital collective in introducing integrated capital funds for community-based care
Ascap FoundationNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $59,193 · through 2025Largest: $17,349 to Broadway Inbound — the children will listen program was established to introduce students to musical theatre. educational materials are provided to the teachers to discuss elements of a live musical …
Largest: $286,200 to NORTHERN STAGE COMPANY — youth and education-"bridgeup" theater in the schools grant:purpose: "changing the lives of students in vermont and new hampshire"-to support student and family matinee scholarship…
Largest: $10,000 to YOUNG LIFE WILCO — to introduce young to jesus christ
Largest: $8,000 to JAPAN SOCIETY — educational programs contribution is for continued support of the following education programs in 2014: about japan:a teacher's resource website (for educators where curricular mat…
Khyentse FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $518,233 · through 2023Largest: $229,541 to MIDDLE WAY EDUCATION — grant supporting middle way education, a research, development, and advisory organization that helps parents, educators, and school leaders introduce the wisdom of the dharma to ch…
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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 →