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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 “lending”
Where the money went
Center for Responsible LendingDurham, NCCharity · may take applications
49 matching grants · $640,000 · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to SaverLife — combat predatory lending
Cba FundWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
41 matching grants · $748,036 · through 2024Largest: $15,000 to COOK INLET LENDING CENTER INC — small dollar lending
Largest: $200,000 to COMMUNITY LOAN FUND OF NEW JERSEY — preserving homeownership through counseling and innovative lending
Largest: $425,000 to RAZA DEVELOPMENT FUND INC — the lending learning lab: next level lending
Center for Community Self-HelpDurham, NCCharity · may take applications
18 matching grants · $10.1M · through 2024Largest: $360,000 to Center for Responsible Lending — research & innovation
Maternity and Early Childhood FdnAlbany, NYCharity · may take applications
22 matching grants · $408,923 · through 2022Largest: $42,000 to SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION AND CARE OF CHILDREN — to lend financial assistance to help ensure a safe and healthy birth of the child and the well being of the mother
Largest: $110,000 to CENTER FOR RESPONSIBLE LENDING — support limiting predatory debt in the southeast
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
13 matching grants · $4.0M · through 2024Largest: $375,000 to RENDE PROGRESS CAPITAL — provide general operating support to help the organization advance its mission of providing socially responsible and affordable lending and services to entrepreneurs who have been …
Largest: $250,000 to Latino Economic Development Center — for general operating support to build ledc's operational and lending capacity to provide business development and equitable lending services for minnesota's latino-owned and bipoc…
Opportunity Finance NetworkWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
11 matching grants · $2.3M · through 2025Largest: $500,000 to COOK INLET LENDING CENTER INC — operating grant
Largest: $200,000 to THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT SAN DIEGO — support to study how gender, race/ethnicity and geography interact to shape the experience of small business owners - particularly regarding access to government lending during cov…
Largest: $44,270 to University of Minnesota-Twin Cities — scholarships for ikraan hassan ($5,087), sarah hassan ($8,000), zamzam jama ($5,000), mia judkins ($5,000), godwin kasongoma ($2,500), bemnet kika ($2,230), austin lende ($5,000), …
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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 →