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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 “marginalized”
Where the money went
Largest: $550,000 to CODE FOR SCIENCE AND SOCIETY — core support to the distributed artificial intelligence research institute to produce interdisciplinary ai research by and for the benefit of marginalized communities
Largest: $847,484 to BROOKINGS INSTITUTION — 82511 building out a community-led data infrastructure to provide marginalized communities with greater control of research and data governance
Largest: $1.0M to SOCIETY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT — to support research and analysis on economic and climate finance policies that deliver impact for marginalized communities across selected countries in africa
Largest: $20,000 to EDUCATING YOUNG MINDS — empowering and supporting marginalized youth via mental health programs: to provide access to consistent holistic preventive and intervention programs, tools and resources to addre…
Largest: $313,430 to PITTSBURGH UNITED — to encourage residents in every corner of the county with an emphasis on historically underrepresented and marginalized communities to complete the all in allegheny community surve…
Largest: $222,271 to The Pennsylvania State University — innovation/ marginalized populations
Largest: $2.0M to Fund for Global Human Rights — to support development of the legal empowerment field to ensure access to justice for marginalized and vulnerable communities around the world.
Largest: $500,000 to CODE FOR SCIENCE AND SOCIETY INC — to support the distributed artificial intelligence research institute for their work on the discriminatory impacts of artificial intelligence and how to mitigate harm, to benefit b…
Largest: $750,000 to UC BERKELEY — to support their mission of supporting the health and wellness of the most marginalized, advocating for equality and justice, and working to build a culturally rich lgbtq+ communit…
Largest: $820,462 to The Regents of the University of California at Irvine — to study the long-term effects of out-of-school arts education programs serving young people from marginalized communities.
Largest: $500,000 to CODE FOR SCIENCE & SOCIETY INC — in support of research using ai and satellite imaging to understand the residual impacts of apartheid on the ability of marginalized groups to access basic needs in south africa
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
19 matching grants · $4.3M · through 2022Largest: $200,000 to INSIGHT CENTER FOR COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT — develop and implement an innovative research, narrative change and movement building project focused on addressing the inequities of tax burdens on black americans and other margin…
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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 →