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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 “ments”
Where the money went
Caring for Denver FoundationDenver, COCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $2.1M · through 2025Largest: $636,522 to VIVE — newcomers salud ment
Largest: $85,000 to AURORA COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY MENT — early childhood mental health cons.
Caring for Colorado FoundationDenver, COCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $405,000 · through 2023Largest: $100,000 to HEALTHY CHILD CARE COLORADO — early childhood ment
United Way of Kennebec ValleyAugusta, MECharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $105,341 · through 2024Largest: $37,841 to KENNEBEC BEHAVIORAL HEALTH — ment health/homeless
Largest: $24,950 to KERN CO MUSEUM — capital improven=ments
Largest: $70,600 to Mente — to increase organizational capacity as mente launches, manages and institutionalizes the mente hermano program focused on supporting latinx male high school students from across th…
Largest: $9,000 to THE FRANCISCAN FRIARS — to support and help god's people, sharing the message of reconciliation, unity and at-one-ment on three continents.
Kaiser Foundation HospitalsOakland, CACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $190,000 · through 2024Largest: $95,000 to Monument Impact — mentes positivas en accion (mpa or mind power in a
Largest: $5,000 to ABRIENDO MENTES (OPENING MINDS) — general donation
Largest: $2,500 to CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST INT'L — to support christian spiritual move-ments worldwide
New York Civil Liberties UnionNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $1.3M · through 2024Largest: $1.0M to New Yorkers for Equal Rights Inc — equal rights amend- ment ballot initiative
Stark Community FoundationCanton, OHCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $39,900 · through 2024Largest: $22,000 to EN-RICH-MENT — arts, culture, humanities
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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 →

