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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 “mentorship”
Where the money went
United Way of New York CityNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
104 matching grants · $26.1M · through 2022Largest: $5.5M to JUSTICE INNOVATION INC — atlas/ons - led by uwnyc and ons, atlas will work in collaboration with uwnycs extensive list of community based organizations (cbo) to provide a suite of services including mentor…
Largest: $5,000 to Solid Ground Washington — ?through our ccr program, including weekly two-hour ccr meetings, sand point middle, high school, and young adult students receive guidance and resources to meet their immediate ne…
Largest: $201,522 to INJAZ — to provide programmatic,educational and financial support to the lazord fellowship host organizations. the lazord fellowship is a one year program improving civic skills and employ…
Largest: $25,000 to CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER — pathways for scholars program - improving health care diversity: to address the lack of diversity in medicine by providing an opportunity for underrepresented students to receive i…
Largest: $15,000 to Creative Action Institute — leadership mentorship training for adolescent girls and women in east africa eagls, also support for online delivery of leadership mentorship programs
Largest: $200,000 to HARLEM LACROSSE AND LEADERSHIP CORPORATION — to support the general operations of this organization, which provides youth mentorship and academic, athletic, and enrichment programs for middle and high school students.
Largest: $4,000 to ART AS MENTORSHIP INC — support for the 2024 art as mentorship-celebrate ameri'kana festival in kansas city, july 27th, 2024. 202404-14961
Largest: $155,000 to MIAMI DADE COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC — to create three competitive film prizes at the miami film festival and an artist mentorship program for miami filmmakers featuring renown film directors, cinematographers, and film…
Largest: $100,000 to EL QUINTO ELEMENTO LABORATORIO INVESTIGACION E INNOVACION PERIODISTICA AC — core support to increase the impact of investigative journalism on impunity and corruption in mexico through mentorships and technical assistance for journalists pursuing investiga…
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
13 matching grants · $1.9M · through 2023Largest: $66,667 to GREATER TAMPA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION INC — increase the organization's capacity to proactively, quickly, and thoroughly mentor, support and help to accelerate minority businesses using research, pro-business solutions, ment…
Largest: $500,000 to SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY — to support intersectional summer workshops, mentorship opportunities, and a durable network for emerging disability studies scholar-activists
Largest: $75,000 to PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — support operations and programs for underrepresented middle school students in stem through education and mentorship statewide
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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 →