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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 “language”
Where the money went
Largest: $61,630 to KHARIS RALPH — language study at the inter-university center for korean language studies at sungkyunkwan university in seoul, south korea
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
75 matching grants · $14.5M · through 2024Largest: $304,975 to REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO — promote a culturally and linguistically relevant education through dissemination of research among educators, minority language communities, language scholars and policymakers
Center for Bridging CulturesMcLean, VACharity · may take applications
44 matching grants · $757,473 · through 2025Largest: $20,000 to Global Ambassadors Language Academy — cross-cultural chinese language education grants aim to support k-12 schools to establish or enhance preexisting chinese language teaching programs. the grants can be used for teac…
Largest: $16,894 to PATRICK FUGATE — grant year 1, spouse language, scholar language
Largest: $425,800 to PLAYERS PHILANTHROPY FUND — language model safety fund's work related to misalignment in language models
Largest: $159,570 to CSU Fullerton Auxiliary Services Corporation — project learn: language, equity, and action research with newcomer students
Largest: $2,000 to NH German Language School — german language education
Largest: $375,000 to Riverside Language Program Inc — for project support to expand reach and services through their english as a second language program
Largest: $500,000 to MAKEWAY FOUNDATION — project support: revitalizing indigenous culture and language in canada's north
Largest: $46,150 to Language Conservancy — 75883 studying the impact of indigenous language p
Wend IiBentonville, AR
21 matching grants · $4.0M · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to Tusweca Tiospaye — to support an adult lakota language program designed to create language speakers who increase lakota language use in their homes and communities
Largest: $20,000 to CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF DIOCESE OF ARLINGTON — english language initiatives
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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 →