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12 funders with a record of paying for “linguistic”
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Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
30 matching grants · $5.6M · through 2022Largest: $100,000 to REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO — bridge research and culturally linguistically relevant practices among teachers, minority language communities, and language scholars, to address issues of linguistic diversity, li…
Largest: $60,000 to San Francisco State University — examining culturally and linguistically affirming translanguaging practices in augmentative and alternative communication intervention: an action research study
Largest: $129,880 to SEAMAAC INC — $69,880 to support a health and human services fellowship program at seamaac, a joint program with the independence foundation to promote a diverse, equitable, and inclusive leader…
Largest: $250,000 to IRCO — to increase culturally and linguistically specific legal and organizing capacity of this organization working to establish lawful permanent residency of newcomers seeking to make o…
Largest: $1.3M to Hindu Society of NC — meet religious, cultural, linguistic and spiritual needs, promote india's rich heritage
Largest: $50,000 to SALEM-KEIZER COALITION FOR EQUALITY THE — support operations and culturally, linguistically appropriate programs while undergoing an executive leadership transition for latino youth and families in marion county
The Human Services Alliance of Greater Prince WilliamManassas, VACharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $2.0M · through 2023Largest: $825,000 to Edu-Futuro — funds were used to help multigenerational and linguistically isolated immigrant and latino households (especially those left out of other relief efforts) to pay for rent, utilities…
Largest: $90,000 to CAMBODIAN FAMILY — general operating support: to support an organization that provides opportunities for refugee and immigrant families to develop the knowledge, skills and desire for creating better…
Largest: $150,000 to CALIFORNIANS FOR JUSTICE EDUCATION FUND INC — to implement community-informed policy recommendations that increase racial and linguistic diversity in californias educator workforce.
The Naomi Prawer Kadar FoundationFort Lauderdale, FL
4 matching grants · $261,000 · through 2024Largest: $85,500 to COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY — presentation of yiddish historyyiddish linguistics, and yiddish children's literature and education
Adventist HealthcareGaithersburg, MDCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $163,000 · through 2024Largest: $75,000 to MOBILE MEDICAL CARE INC — to support mobilemed in seeking to address the needs of these uninsured adults, providing them with high quality, comprehensive healthcare, delivered in a culturally and linguistic…
American Dialect SocietySeattle, WACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $71,135 · through 2025Largest: $20,000 to University of Kentucky — work on linguistic atlas project
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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 →