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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 “masters”
Where the money went
Largest: $3.0M to CHANCELLOR MASTERS & SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD — development of solutions to improve global health; discovery and translational sciences; research and learning opportunities
PbhpNew York, NY
69 matching grants · $2.0M · through 2024Largest: $173,800 to AMERICAN JEWISH UNIVERSITY — funding to support the college's post-graduate studies program for students seeking to obtain a masters degree in jewish education or jewish communal service.
Largest: $550,000 to CHANCELLOR MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSIT — to support research on green industrial policy and economic transformation in latin america through the oxford department for international development
The Scan FoundationLong Beach, CACharity · may take applications
41 matching grants · $2.2M · through 2024Largest: $109,603 to CALIFORNIA COLLABORATIVE FOR LONG TERM SERVICES AND SUPPORTS — the california collaborative for long-term services and supports in partnership with the california department of aging and the ucla center for health policy research to collect an…
Largest: $1.2M to CHANCELLOR MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD — in support of development of new methods to understand endosymbiosis and to create a database to support eukaryogenesis research.
Alliance for ChildrenMonroe, NCCharity · may take applications
21 matching grants · $5.1M · through 2024Largest: $265,311 to CHILDTIME CHILDREN'S CENTER-INDIAN TRAIL — nc pre-k, masters, and pre-k masters
Council of Graduate SchoolsWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
30 matching grants · $250,000 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to ODU RESEARCH FOUNDATION — subawards - nsf master's ii
Conrad N Hilton FoundationWestlake Village, CA
18 matching grants · $4.4M · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to AHAFO REGIONAL COORDINATING COUNCIL — to replicate district wash master planning in asutifi south and tano south, to harmonize district wash master plans from all districts in ahafo region into a regional master plan, …
Largest: $287,000 to THE CHANCELLOR SCHOLARS AND MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE — medical research
Largest: $4.7M to CHANCELLOR MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD — gmp manufacture of blood stage vaccine antigens
Largest: $10,000 to SANTA FE MASTER GARDENER ASSOCIATIO N — donations to colleges, universities and other organizations under "matching gifts program."
Largest: $45,000 to EMORY UNIVERSITY — to fund three carpenter scholars at $15,000 each over their three-year master of divinity degree program for the incoming fall 2023 master of divinity program.
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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 →