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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 “mandate”
Where the money went
Largest: $525,000 to MINARY'S DREAM ALLIANCE — to foster & support donee's charitable mandate
Largest: $500,000 to HARVARD CLEARY '56 CLEARY HOCKEY FUND — to foster & support donee's charitable mandate
Largest: $80,000 to CHELSEA JEWISH LIFECARE — to foster & support donee's charitable mandate
United Way of New York CityNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
95 matching grants · $60.3M · through 2024Largest: $7.9M to JUSTICE INNOVATION INC — atlas is comprised of three programs: atlas functional family therapy, atlas innovation fund, and atlas hope (healing, opportunity, progress, empowerment). additionally, uwnyc prov…
Largest: $250,000 to PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA — for the institute of intercultural studies (iei) to continue contributing to the fulfilment and development of the mandate of the truth commission
Project Bread-the Walk for HungerEast Boston, MACharity · may take applications
16 matching grants · $147,347 · through 2024Largest: $15,500 to CITY OF WORCESTER — 2024-25 breakfast after the bell grant for mandated schools; 2025 project bread summer eats grant
Unfcu FoundationLong Island City, NYCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $404,751 · through 2025Largest: $132,903 to US ASSOCIATION FOR UNHCR — mandated to aid and protect refugees, forcibly displaced communities, and stateless people
Largest: $400,000 to TakeAction Minnesota Education Fund — to build a mandate for and the capacity to advance equitable climate solutions in minnesota
Largest: $157,162 to CALIFORNIA U OF SAN DIEGO MOORES CANCER — 80682 studying the impact of state-mandated health benefits for fertility-preservation services on cost and access for hispanic/latino cancer patients
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
4 matching grants · $656,801 · through 2022Largest: $350,000 to DUAL LANGUAGE EDUCATION OF NEW MEXICO — improve multilingual outcomes for children in new mexico through leadership training, curriculum models and accountability to the community mandates to include improving language a…
International Brotherhood of ElectricalAlton, ILCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $676,479 · through 2025Largest: $241,294 to INTL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS — ibew mandated contribution
Largest: $150,000 to AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED — mandate of the independent expert on albinism
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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 →