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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 “midwest”
Where the money went
Largest: $100,000 to Midwest Tribal Energy Resources Association — for general operating support - midwest tribal energy resources association works to build joint infrastructure to support the midwest tribal nations seeking federal funding for cl…
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
60 matching grants · $22.9M · through 2023Largest: $117,470 to Anti-Defamation League — general operating support, support for adl midwest, support for grants designed to fight antisemitism and hate in all its forms, support for adl midwest - annual contribution, supp…
Largest: $350,000 to Environmental Law and Policy Center of the Midwest — to advance solar energy through legal and regulatory initiatives across the midwest
Largest: $200,000 to ARTS MIDWEST — midwest culture bearers award
Largest: $350,000 to Environmental Law and Policy Center of the Midwest — support for midwest water protection initiative.
Largest: $15,000 to MIDWEST FOOD BANK NFP INC — program support
Jewish Federation of MetropolitanChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
24 matching grants · $903,035 · through 2024Largest: $125,000 to MIDWEST REFUAH HEALTH CENTER — jewish federation of metropolitan chicago grants - operating support
Largest: $120,780 to CLEVELAND ST U FDN — 78168 studying middle neighborhoods in the industrial midwest as possible opportunity-rich locations for increasing housing affordability and stability
Largest: $100,000 to PARIS OF THE MIDWEST — project support for a research and coalition building project that will explore new pathways for creating an equitable and aligned regional economy
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
12 matching grants · $5.8M · through 2024Largest: $43,000 to IMPACT ENGINE MANAGEMENT PBC — to research, publish, and disseminate widely a midwest landscape report; and to manage the midwest impact investing showcase held in person in chicago in october 2024
Partnership for a Healthier AmericaWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
34 matching grants · $2.2M · through 2021Largest: $50,000 to The Food Group — healthy hunger relief midwest grant award 2021 - produce purchasing - $50,000;
Arts Midwest IncorporatedMinneapolis, MNCharity · may take applications
17 matching grants · $220,000 · through 2023Largest: $15,000 to Sixty Inches From Center — creative midwest media cohort
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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 →