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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 “like”
Where the money went
Youth for ChristusaEnglewood, COCharity · may take applications
47 matching grants · $1.5M · through 2024Largest: $372,300 to YFC International — like minded partner
Swipe Out HungerCovina, CACharity · may take applications
44 matching grants · $276,750 · through 2024Largest: $7,000 to PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION INC — swipe grant funding to solve student hunger by providing our partner campuses with the support, training, and resources they need to run impactful food security programs, like stud…
Largest: $200,000 to THE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY — investigating symbol-like reasoning in the brain: neural mechanisms of compositional action planning
Fellowship of Christian AthletesKansas City, MOCharity · may take applications
17 matching grants · $493,062 · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to YOUTH COMMISSION INTERNATIONAL INC — support like-minded youth organizations
Coordinating Council for the Jewish HomelandFar Rockaway, NYCharity · may take applications
15 matching grants · $773,075 · through 2024Largest: $234,600 to ACMIS — donation to like minded organization
Largest: $45,000 to Nezperce Jt School District #302 — promote physical activity among students, like purchasing physical activity equipment or support for walking programs
Largest: $161,391 to BOSTON U SCH OF PUB HLT — 81311 investigating how glucagon-like peptide-1 inhibitors are changing obesity care in the u.s. and the impact on diverse populations
Maine Technology InstitutePortland, MECharity · may take applications
12 matching grants · $441,957 · through 2023Largest: $25,000 to JuryDat LLC — jurydat is a software platform (i'm the founder/creator/operator) which houses juror data more specifically the likely political views on about 140 hit button issues. public data w…
The Community Foundation of MiddleNashville, TNCharity · may take applications
15 matching grants · $260,925 · through 2024Largest: $30,000 to TENNESSEE HIGHER EDUCATION INITIATIVE — to combat challenges facing formerly-incarcerated tennesseans, thei fosters belonging and self-determination through peer coaching and a reentry alumni network. thei also provides …
Largest: $37,500 to DURHAM CHILDREN'S INITIATIVE (DCI) — support of academic coaching for dci scholars program-$37,500; pledged for like use-$37,500 in 2023
Largest: $5,000 to Mentoring Urban Students & Teens — every year must takes its participants on several college tours where they get to see what campus life is like, learn about degree programs and career paths, and get enrollment and…
Communities Foundation of TexasDallas, TXCharity · may take applications
11 matching grants · $236,843 · through 2024Largest: $50,004 to TO BE LIKE ME — this grant is designated for general support.
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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 →