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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 “literally”
Where the money went
Dollar General Literacy FoundationGoodlettsville, TNCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $65,500 · through 2025Largest: $18,000 to LITERACY TOGETHER — transformative liter
Largest: $40,000 to LITERATIONS CORP — sustained tutoring program
Southcentral Workforce Investment BoardHarrisburg, PACharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $92,145 · through 2024Largest: $38,835 to EMPLOYMENT SKILLS CENTER — digital literate services
Nela Housing and Supportive Services CorporationMonroe, LACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $406,561 · through 2024Largest: $254,159 to The Wellspring Alliance for Families Inc — esg cares act funds subgranted to this subgrantee during the covid-19 emergency response, which included the 2022 reporting period, for the purpose of funding non congregate emerge…
Largest: $30,000 to LITERATIONS — boston sustained tutoring program
Largest: $485,527 to CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY — to support expansion mass spectrometry: literally stretching metabolite sensing to new spatial limits
Boston FoundationBoston, MACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $900,000 · through 2024Largest: $600,000 to Literations — operating support/annual fund
Aarp FoundationWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $764,371 · through 2024Largest: $339,195 to LITERATIONS — grant to support aarp foundation's experience corps program
Largest: $15,000 to CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES — literally healing program
Community Foundation for MetrowestNatick, MACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $425,500 · through 2025Largest: $200,000 to LITERATIONS — program support
Largest: $15,000 to LITERATIONS — for community.
Globalgiving FoundationWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $131,906 · through 2024Largest: $48,139 to ONE BILLION LITERATES FOUNDATION USA — funds raised by globalgiving and disbursed to meet donor expectations
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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 →