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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 “losses”
Where the money went
Chamber of Commerce of HawaiiHonolulu, HICharity · may take applications
218 matching grants · $4.3M · through 2023Largest: $50,000 to THE PIG AND THE LADY LLC — to award small businesses that endured a 25% loss of income or more during the pandemic to help preseve and revitalize local businesses.
Rising Tide Community Loan FundBethlehem, PACharity · may take applications
211 matching grants · $7.5M · through 2021Largest: $44,530 to COOPERSBURG DINER INC — reimburse eligible businesses for revenue losses experienced due to the covid-19 global pandemic.
Largest: $3,000 to VALENCIA DAVIS JUDGE — damage or loss of home
Northland FoundationDuluth, MNCharity · may take applications
36 matching grants · $985,000 · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to AAD SHRINERS — grants to businesses in communities that have been adversely affected by structural racial discrimination, civil unrest, lack of access to capital, a loss of population or an aging…
The Durham Arts CouncilDurham, NCCharity · may take applications
45 matching grants · $78,346 · through 2021Largest: $12,775 to CHATHAM ARTS COUNCIL — "big night in" grant - covid losses
Largest: $2.0M to President and Fellows of Harvard College — to support the center for education policy research to study the implementation of statewide education policy solutions targeting learning loss.
Jobs for Fall RiverFall River, MACharity · may take applications
20 matching grants · $360,163 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to PRO BEAUTY OF FALL RIVER INC — economic stabilization following losses due to covid
Lighthouse Guild InternationalNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $14.5M · through 2024Largest: $2.2M to LIGHTHOUSE INTERNATIONAL — research program - to support research studies to better assist in the development of methodologies, techniques, and technology that advances the treatment and management of vision…
Largest: $750,000 to COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY — sex-specific differences in cognitive and brain aging; spi murphy: conserved regulatory pathways in age-related loss of plasticity and cognitive function
Largest: $300,000 to STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE US INC — to support global south climate negotiators through research and development and dissemination of educational materials to stakeholders regarding incorporation of climate justice i…
The Mount Sinai HospitalNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $79.0M · through 2024Largest: $27.4M to MOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM — fund operating loss
Largest: $15,000 to Child's Voice — for early intervention program which offers crucial service to children with hearing loss, offering foundational skills to learn to listen and speak
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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 →