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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 “leaves”
Where the money went
Largest: $180,000 to THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF KANSAS CITY MISSOURI — support for the continued implementation of a district-wide real world learning strategic plan to increase the number of graduates leaving high school ready for learning, work, and…
Geneva Foundation of Presbyterian HomesSkokie, ILCharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $11.1M · through 2024Largest: $2.0M to WESTMINSTER PLACE — the fellowship fund ensures no resident will be asked to leave the community due to inability to pay. the residents receive medical and supportive services to maintain their securi…
Largest: $141,667 to DREXEL U — 79095 studying impacts of paid maternity and paternity leave policies on health outcomes in latin america and their potential for the united states
Largest: $5,000 to HAWAII AG AND CULINARY ALLIANCE — to support the michael ginor scholarship fund in memory of michael ginor, whose work to connect hawaii and israel through education, agriculture, cuisine and diplomacy will leave a…
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
15 matching grants · $5.5M · through 2022Largest: $536,100 to BIPARTISAN POLICY CENTER INC — launch the working families task force to develop and elevate bipartisan recommendations to build back a more equitable child care system post-covid, including paid family and medi…
American Heart AssociationDallas, TXCharity · may take applications
11 matching grants · $416,050 · through 2024Largest: $91,324 to CHILDREN FIRST PA — paid family and medical leave
Largest: $500,000 to HOPEWELL FUND — core support for the paid leave for all campaign for inclusive, comprehensive and universal paid family and medical leave programs
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
7 matching grants · $1.5M · through 2024Largest: $600,000 to JUSTICE SYSTEM PARTNERS — to support implementation of the extension of california medicaid services for the provision of transitional services and care to people leaving jails in twelve california counties…
Largest: $354,768 to THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA — comparative research on equitable paid family leave policy opportunities
Conrad N Hilton FoundationWestlake Village, CA
6 matching grants · $2.0M · through 2024Largest: $505,000 to A BETTER BALANCE — to advance policies supportive to workers, such as paid family medical leave and sick time, in louisiana
Largest: $200,000 to THREE RIVERS YOUTH — to support the reintegrating fathers program utilizing evidence-based approaches to reintegrate fathers leaving incarceration back into their communities, and assist with the trans…
Largest: $125,000 to LEAVES INC THE — christian science nurses training classrooms and practical rooms
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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 →