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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 “microfinance”
Where the money went
Largest: $375,000 to ENTREPRENEURS DU MONDE — microfinance: myanmar, burkina faso
Largest: $300,402 to MANY RIVERS MICROFINANCE LIMITED — in support of underserved small business expansion
United Way of Central IowaDes Moines, IACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $253,916 · through 2024Largest: $80,000 to IOWA COMMUNITY CAPITAL — solidarity microfinance program
Give Back FoundationMadison, WICharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $92,245 · through 2025Largest: $26,926 to WOMENS MICROFINANCE INITIATIVE CORPORATION — program support
Largest: $20,000 to WOMEN'S MICROFINANCE INITIATIVE — financial aid for developing countri
Lillian Feder FoundationWest Palm Beach, FL
4 matching grants · $40,000 · through 2025Largest: $10,000 to Women's Microfinance Initiative Cor — for loans to women in developing countries.
Largest: $10,000 to MICROFINANCING PARTNERS IN AFRICA — microfinance services of the bukoba women's empowerment association (buwea)
Vesaf NfpDowners Grove, IL
4 matching grants · $46,100 · through 2023Largest: $18,450 to TRUONG TRONG KHANH - CHAIRMAN HEARTS OF HUE — microfinance for 29 families (round 1) in huong van commune, thua thein hue province
Largest: $6,000 to ROCKY MOUNTAIN MICROFINANCE INST — support services business develop
Largest: $20,000 to ROCKY MOUNTAIN MICROFINANCE INSTITUTE — community vitality
Globalgiving FoundationWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $45,631 · through 2024Largest: $19,902 to WOMEN'S MICROFINANCE INITIATIVE — funds raised by globalgiving and disbursed to meet donor expectations
Largest: $15,000 to ROCKY MOUNTAIN MICROFINANCE INSTITUTE — general operating
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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 →