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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 “labor”
Where the money went
American Federation of Labor andWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
150 matching grants · $13.9M · through 2024Largest: $851,424 to MARTIN LUTHER KING JR COUNTY LABOR COUNCIL — solidarity funding grant, program support
Largest: $500,000 to CENTURY FOUNDATION — core support for policy research related to labor protections and workforce policies universally applied to workers regardless of labor class, considering power building design and…
Great Lakes Region Organizing CommitteeChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
69 matching grants · $11.5M · through 2024Largest: $2.3M to MICHIGAN LABORERS' DISTRICT COUNCIL — grants and assistance
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
131 matching grants · $6.2M · through 2022Largest: $195,875 to Human Rights Watch Inc — general operating support, $100,000 - general operating support 2022; $25,000 - support for ken roth global fellowship grant, preference to support projects related to labor rights…
Largest: $248,635 to DETAIL ATTACHED — contract labor nursing homes
International Union of Bricklayers &Washington, DCCharity · may take applications
40 matching grants · $2.7M · through 2025Largest: $7,500 to LABOR OF LOVE — donations - labor related
Georgia Association of ConservationAthens, GACharity · may take applications
43 matching grants · $771,630 · through 2024Largest: $35,346 to WORTH COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISS — fund conservation tasks and labor
Largest: $200,327 to THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA — center for labor research and education - promoting health research: to support research and technical assistance for health care stakeholders and policymakers on increasing access…
International Assn of Smart No 104Livermore, CACharity · may take applications
33 matching grants · $321,630 · through 2024Largest: $15,000 to CC LABOR TO LABOR — donation-labor
Largest: $2.1M to National Day Laborer Organizing Network — to support low-wage day laborers in ca
Largest: $150,000 to EDUCATION & TRAINING INSTITUTE INC (DBA NEW LABOR) — 82012 general operating support for new labor
Largest: $388,833 to YALE UNIVERSITY — to research and examine the impacts of vertical integration on physician pricing and behavior, the effect of hospital consolidation on the labor market, and the impact of private e…
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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 →