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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 “male”
Where the money went
Tides FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
12 matching grants · $2.3M · through 2024Largest: $475,000 to BLACK MALE INITIATIVE GEORGIA INC — equity, human rights, and economic empowerment
Largest: $50,000 to ATLANTA PARTNERSHIP OF BUSINESS AND EDUCATION INC — support black male educators through a professional learning community
Largest: $20,000 to GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC — development of gsu creates male educator of color database of resources and research (atlanta and south region focus) and 2025 male educator of color convening
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
8 matching grants · $1.9M · through 2024Largest: $764,215 to PRAIRIE VIEW AM UNIVERSITY — increase the number of black male teachers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in public schools
Georgia Investor Action FundAtlanta, GACharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $4.2M · through 2023Largest: $1.4M to Black Male Initiative Fund — program support
Largest: $20,000 to New Dimensions Soccer — for assistance to servepost-incarcerated males orprevent incarceration
Tides CenterSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $260,000 · through 2023Largest: $60,000 to CHAMPS MALE MENTORING PROGRAM CHIRISE — equity, human rights, and economic empowerment
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $797,000 · through 2023Largest: $50,000 to Champs Male Mentoring Program - Chirise — in support of champs male mentoring program to provide youth leadership development programming that produces community-driven safety solutions
Largest: $2,000 to MIDD-WEST HIGH SCHOOL — $500 scholarships each to two male and two female graduates of the high school to be determinded by the school's scholarship committee
Largest: $350,000 to KALAMAZOO BLACK MALE ALLIANCE — general operating support
The United Way of Central MarylandBaltimore, MDCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $549,145 · through 2024Largest: $260,441 to I AM MENTALITY YOUTH MALE EMPOWERMENT PROJECT — designated and or granted in support of agency programs
Largest: $38,900 to St Olaf College — scholarships for ayeaye thin (5,000), mailao xiong (8,958), malee yang (5,500), sha xiong (7,000), steve gama (7,442), and zahara ali (5,000)
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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 →