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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 “minist”
Where the money went
Largest: $2,000 to LARRY BRANUM — suplemental support for ministers and retired ministers-larry branum
Largest: $1.2M to WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — to provide pensions to retired ministers and widows and dependent children of deceased ministers.
Largest: $87,000 to HEPHATHA LUTHERAN CHURCH — strong baby sanctuary neighborhood minister, youth ministry, healthy homes collaboration
Largest: $31,000 to GLOBAL HOPE NETWORK — minister to people in need
Largest: $36,418 to CELEBRATE FOREVER FAMILIES — funding to help minister to people physically, emotionally and spritually.
Largest: $40,000 to UKRAINIAN CATHOLIC ARCHEPARCHY OF PHILADELPHIA — towards expenses of the spiritual outreach missionary program, to minister to ukrainian catholics and new immigrants.
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $640,000 · through 2022Largest: $246,500 to National Geographic Society — general operating support. support for research to analyze the value of the carbon emitted by bottom trawling in eu waters and provide a decision-making tool for fishery managers a…
Largest: $388,436 to TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY — for use by its global development policy center in support of a fellowship program for finance ministers from countries with climate-vulnerable economies to help them better unders…
Largest: $1.5M to AFRICAN MINISTERS' COUNCIL ON WATER — water, sanitation and hygiene
United Way of Huntington County inHuntington, INCharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $99,750 · through 2025Largest: $23,500 to LOVE IN THE NAME OF CHRIST — adult & youth minist
Friends Development FundOskaloosa, IACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $204,002 · through 2025Largest: $55,054 to Iowa Yearly Meeting of Friends — church extension $25,653. retired ministers and missionaries support $19,153, missions $3,334, leadership development $2,517, educational scholarships $1,570, mesquakie friends in …
Koch FoundationGainesville, FL
7 matching grants · $88,000 · through 2024Largest: $20,000 to Diocese of Ferns — to support a diploma program for lay ministers
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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 →