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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 “investor”
Where the money went
Largest: $250,000 to FINANCIAL SERVICES STAKEHOLDER PROJECT NFP DBA PRIVATE EQUITY STAKEHOLDER — core support for the private equity and investor engagement to support their worker-focused research and campaign strategy on private equity.
Largest: $100,000 to MISSION INVESTORS EXCHANGE — 80223 general operating support for the mission investors exchange, 2023
Largest: $150,000 to Majority Action — to drive wholesale transformation of fossil fuel-intensive and fossil adjacent companies through investor-led accountability campaigns that involve high-level investor organizing a…
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
15 matching grants · $8.7M · through 2024Largest: $30,000 to Global Impact Investing Network Inc — to the global impact investing network for a sponsorship of the 2022 investor forum, an opportunity to meet a large number of investors and share our learnings from our work, inclu…
Largest: $150,000 to MISSION INVESTORS EXCHANGE — support mission investors exchange 2022 conference being held in baltimore, md december 5 - 7, 2022
Largest: $25,000 to OCEAN FOUNDATION — to explore investor interest in seafood in the initial scoping of the ocean health investor action network.
Largest: $100,000 to MISSION INVESTORS EXCHANGE INC — to support 2022 sustaining membership, 2022 national conference sponsorship and general operations for mission investors exchange.
Largest: $150,000 to Fundacion Ambiente y Recursos Naturales — to monitor energy development finance and social and environmental standards by international financial institutions and chinese investors in argentina.
Largest: $30,000 to MISSION INVESTORS EXCHANGE INC — advancing racial equity in investing for health in california: to provide support for a convening bringing together california-based impact investors advancing racial equity and ju…
CeresBoston, MACharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $1.2M · through 2023Largest: $367,275 to CDP NORTH AMERICA INC — to support investor net zero commitments, implementation, and accountability and to support investors worldwide who advocate for the policies needed to enable the net zero transiti…
Largest: $250,000 to REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH INVESTORS ALLIANCE — shareholder advocacy legal fellowship
Largest: $931,463 to REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH INVESTORS ALLIANCE INC — family planning
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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 →