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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 “leverage”
Where the money went
Largest: $747,492 to California U of San Francisco — 75922 leveraging the social interventions research
Largest: $200,000 to New America Foundation — to support research and publication of recommendations for how states can leverage educator micro-credentials to improve educator practice and outcomes for students.
Largest: $1.5M to URBAN INSTITUTE — to support learning in and across cities on how to achieve shared prosperity by helping local leaders align federal investments with local goals; building a new urban practice thro…
Largest: $234,000 to DEYU FAMILY OFFICE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION LIMITED — to provide free, public education and research, capacity-building, and networking to leverage more private resources for social good and engage chinese ultra high net worth (uhnw) …
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
37 matching grants · $10.4M · through 2022Largest: $1.0M to TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY — leverage the strengths and assets of the black belt region through a food systems approach towards a more prosperous future for the region's children and families
Largest: $2.5M to Habitat for Humanity of Minnesota Inc — for a recoverable grant to expedite deployment of newly appropriated homeownership investments grant program ($40m) and leverage expanded resources in workforce & affordable homeow…
Largest: $293,700 to UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — to improve the understanding of how internet and social media technologies affect social, organizational and political behaviors by leveraging the research, training and disseminat…
Largest: $625,000 to COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER JOHNSTOWN — to equip local governments, nonprofits, and community-driven initiatives with the resources, collaborative connections, and comprehensive support to leverage historic federal inves…
Largest: $150,000 to COOPERACION SANTA ANA — california worker owner collaborative - leveraging resources for health: to leverage resources for the health of low-wage worker and marginalized communities in california through …
Largest: $95,000 to FEEDBACK RESEARCH INSTITUTE — support scale-up of programs leveraging data collection strategies customized via the care4 data collection platform and adaptations of other programs
Largest: $600,000 to NEXLEAF ANALYTICS — to support ministries of health in leveraging real-time data to improve vaccine cold chain management
Largest: $120,000 to RESEARCHAMERICA — ceo roundtable: maximizing & leveraging leadership of scientific societies
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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 →