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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 “major”
Where the money went
Largest: $12,500 to HELENA PEDROTTI — grant for work in major areas of the social sciences, including anthropology, area studies, economic
Conrad N Hilton FoundationWestlake Village, CA
24 matching grants · $6.1M · through 2024Largest: $280,000 to CONFERENCE OF MAJOR SUPERIORS COSUMADRC — to provide scholarships for 40 diocesan nuns from the democratic republic of congo through the higher catholic pedagogical institute
Largest: $750,000 to SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY — to establish the center for global indigenous cultures and a major in native american and indigenous studies
Largest: $78,568 to BROOKE'S HOUSE LLC — major grant, matching grant
Elks National FoundationChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
18 matching grants · $8.2M · through 2024Largest: $1.7M to CALIFORNIA-HAWAII ELKS MAJOR PROJECT INC — state charitable grant
Largest: $150,000 to SMALL BUSINESS MAJORITY FOUNDATION INC — core support for small business majority to partner with national partnership for women and families to understand issues on paid leave policy from small business employers across …
Largest: $1.3M to TECHCONGRESS FOUNDATION — to strengthen technology expertise within the u.s. congress by supporting the congressional innovation fellowship, which places an even number of technologists in congressional off…
The New Theatre Guild ScholarshipOverland Park, KSCharity · may take applications
12 matching grants · $153,000 · through 2024Largest: $15,000 to UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL MISSOURI — scholarships for theatre majors
Largest: $1.0M to DEEP SOUTH CTR FOR ENVIRON JUS — 80207 supporting the gulf water justice and climate policy project to expand gulf communities' capacity for climate-policy action to address major floods
Kansas Livestock FoundationTopeka, KSCharity · may take applications
16 matching grants · $707,741 · through 2023Largest: $175,273 to Stull Cattle Co LLC — provide relief to families affected by major drought and wildfires
Largest: $10.1M to UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI — a private research university with more than 16,000 students from around the world, the university of miami is a vibrant and diverse academic community focused on teaching and lear…
Largest: $2.0M to NON-PROFIT TECHNOLOGY ENTERPRISE NETWORK — to support a major technology initiative, including customized technology projects paired with training and coaching, to enhance direct services and organizational infrastructure i…
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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 →