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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 “mature”
Where the money went
Largest: $75,000 to GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY — mature students scholarships
Largest: $50,000 to CONTACT HUNTINGTON INC — to support the organization with resources to bring it to the next level of operational, programmic, financial, or organizational maturity.
Bartlesville Community FoundationBartlesville, OKCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $85,084 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to GREATER FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH — to present the gospel of jesus christ in a way that encourages and educates disciples toward christ-like maturity and equips the church body to serve the needs of humanity, in orde…
The Peterffy FoundationFort Lauderdale, FL
4 matching grants · $480,000 · through 2025Largest: $120,000 to THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY — to conserve carbvon rich old and mature forests
Largest: $20,000 to CENTER FOR RESPONSIBLE FORESTRY — washington state mature forest conservation
The WorkplaceBridgeport, CTCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $571,894 · through 2024Largest: $240,098 to WORKFORCE ALLIANCE — provide re-training & temporary job placement to mature workers seeking to reenter the job market
Largest: $73,000 to BRANDED HEART FELLOWSHIP — to bring unchurched people of bakersfield, ca. who love western heritage culture to jesus in fellowship with our church family, develop them to christ-like maturity, and equip them…
Largest: $25,000 to FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — to make and mature disciples for jesus w the comm
United Way of Central AlabamaBirmingham, ALCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $1.7M · through 2024Largest: $588,054 to POSITIVE MATURITY INC — general operating costs
Direction Home Akron Canton Area AgencyUniontown, OHCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $3.1M · through 2023Largest: $1.2M to VANTAGE AGING FKA MATURE SERVICES INC — congregate meals, counseling, socialization, rsvp, farmer's market
Largest: $18,000 to Embark Ministries — help maturing men develop their christian faith
Largest: $416,667 to Ignatian Lay Volunteer Corps IVC — providing mature men and women the opportunity to serve the needs of people who are poor, to work for a more just society, and to grow deeper in christian faith by reflecting and p…
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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 →