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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 “lanka”
Where the money went
Largest: $4,000 to Internationa Needs USA — helping in a program to promote home gardens in the village of mankulam northern sri lanka. this is to combat the widespread food insecurity in this population following the financ…
Largest: $133,915 to Sri Lanka Red Cross Society — food assistance to waste workers affected by economic crisis in sri lanka
Largest: $100,000 to ABRAHAM FOUNDATION — continued support for elephant conservation in sri lanka.
Largest: $996,000 to SRI LANKA FOUNDATION — promote awareness of sri lanka culture
Largest: $26,500 to Rizni Uvais — ongoing support for underpriviledged families in sri lanka - including those impacted by covid and the economic crisis
Foundation for Theological Education in Asia and the PacificWest Barnstable, MA
4 matching grants · $20,000 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to SRI LANKA THEO COLLEGE SRI LANKA — improve theol. education in se asia
Largest: $52,795 to EMERGE GLOBAL — sri lanka -childhood sexual abuse
Largest: $88,000 to FONDATION OPEN COLLECTIVE EUROPE (ON BEHALF OF THE RADIO SOCIETY OF SRI LAN — strengthen emergency preparedness in sri lanka by deploying solar-powered radio stations and training communities in amateur radio.
Largest: $7,782 to CHERITH INTERNATIONAL INC — applied toward costs of sri lanka outreach program
Lithuanian FoundationLemont, ILCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $407,075 · through 2024Largest: $5,000 to LITHUANIAN HERITAGE CAMP LANKAS — lankas lithuanian heritage camp 2023
Largest: $42,750 to REBUILDING SRI LANKA — general operating support
Largest: $25,000 to SHIBANEE SIVANAYAGAM — sivanayagam, shibanee (new york, graduate center, city u. of) "palmyrah politics: rethinking region and the subaltern in northern sri lanka"
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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 →