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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 “makers”
Where the money went
Largest: $1.0M to PHILANTHROPY NEW YORK INC — community progress makers learning community initiative
Largest: $325,000 to CENTRE FOR SOCIAL SCIENCES RESEARCH & ACTION — to support action oriented research and multi-stakeholder dialogue among researchers, experts, civil society, media and policy makers on social justice, citizen engagement and incl…
Largest: $300,463 to Community Initiatives — in support of the expansion of the maker camp network and the maker camp project website.
Largest: $490,000 to ASSOCIACAO CIVIL INSTITUTO ESCOLHAS — to study economic sectors capable of boosting the transition toward a green economy in brazil to inform stakeholders and decision makers
Largest: $1.6M to THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (UNIVE — center for health policy research - supporting survey development: to support the development of a statewide population health survey that provides statewide, county and sub-county…
Largest: $1.0M to ALLEGHENY INTERMEDIATE UNIT — to support catalytic opportunities that will foster collaborative experimentation and connection, in the fields of maker education and learning more broadly
Largest: $90,000 to Amherst H Wilder Foundation — to conduct, analyze, report, communicate, and engage policy makers, advocates, funders, program staff, and our communities in the minnesota homeless study and the tribal/reservatio…
Largest: $800,000 to Jobs For The Future Inc — to educate and inform funders, innovators, policy makers, and system leaders seeking to reinvent secondary and postsecondary education to align with the future of work and changes …
Largest: $200,000 to BROOKINGS INSTITUTION — support for policy reports and events to produce evidence-based research and policy work to inform key decision-makers about policies to support entrepreneurs and reduce economic i…
Largest: $250,000 to TALENT MAKER CITY — new makerspace
Zerhouni Family Charitable Foundation Inc Co Bruce HolbrookNorfolk, VA
10 matching grants · $515,000 · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to ELIAS ZERHOUNI PROFESSORSHIP - HOPKINS — provide unbiased and authoritative medical advice to decision makers and the public
Largest: $100,000 to ADVANCE PEACE — support the peace maker fellowship gun violence interruption strategy
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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 →