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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 “lower”
Where the money went
United Way of the Lower Eastern ShoreSalisbury, MDCharity · may take applications
77 matching grants · $1.8M · through 2024Largest: $35,000 to THE SALVATION ARMY - LOWER SHORE — community impact grants to assist organization to accomplish their goal of helping lower shore residents.
Largest: $312,258 to SHRIVER CENTER ON POVERTY LAW — to research, test, and disseminate best practices for lowering health care prices.
Largest: $150,000 to Lower Sioux Indian Community — for general operating support, to support arts programming at the intergenerational cultural incubator at lower sioux, to close the final gap in the incubator capital budget, and t…
National Fish and Wildlife FoundationWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
25 matching grants · $6.2M · through 2023Largest: $1.3M to CONTRA COSTA CNTY FLOOD CONTROL & WATER — lower walnut creek restore
Largest: $193,947 to REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN — support to develop, and research the efficacy of, a program aimed at increasing the technology literacy of lower income and older entrepreneurs in detroit, michigan. 202105-10537
Largest: $112,284 to HOWARD U — 78164 studying restricted-use administrative data from d.c. affordable housing programs to analyze access issues for lower-income and minority residents
Largest: $122,000 to Environmental Defense Fund — to identify the role nature can play in lowering overall disaster risks for communities and chart a policy and research agenda for greater insurance sector support of equitable nat…
Largest: $192,908 to UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE - SUB OF USMDF — ammonia monitoring lower eastern shore md- 2
Largest: $250,000 to BIPARTISAN POLICY CENTER — to analyze current trends and opportunities in digital healthcare technology, and its role in improving quality and lowering costs.
Largest: $200,000 to CAL POLY HUMBOLDT SPONSORED PROGRAMS FOUNDATION — for use by its schatz energy research center in support of an analysis to repurpose and reuse solar panels in kenyan refugee and displaced communities, post-conflict areas, and mar…
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
11 matching grants · $1.7M · through 2023Largest: $266,346 to Latin School of Chicago — alumni general operating support, general operating support, annual contribution. contribution to scholarship dinner (no tickets or benefits received), latin school endowment fund.…
Largest: $98,108 to UNITED WAY OF THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE INC — general & unrestricted
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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 →