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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 “minoritized”
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American College of Preventive MedicineWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
28 matching grants · $4.1M · through 2023Largest: $466,794 to American Medical Association — build organizational capacity in pilot programs that address minoritized communities impacted by the covid-19 pandemic
Largest: $154,249 to VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH U COL OF HUMAN & — 78729 building improved methods for sexual health research among sexual and gender minoritized individuals to inform efforts to reduce disparities
Largest: $429,750 to SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY — strengthening a holistic, community-based pre-collegiate and collegiate support system to enhance college matriculation, persistence, and success among latinx students in east san …
California Healthcare FoundationOakland, CACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $777,174 · through 2024Largest: $212,500 to UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY — examining challenges, needs, and supports among low-income, minoritized, and geographically isolated lgbtqia+ older adults in california; california local news fellowship; how can …
Largest: $57,245 to The Board of Regents Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE) on behalf of — serving the public good: exploring the role of minority serving institutions in the civic development of racial/ethnic minoritized students
Largest: $74,088 to IMKAAN — for general operating support of an organization dedicated to addressing violence against black and minoritized women and girls
Largest: $1.0M to UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKALINCOLN — to support a research, curricular, and collaboration hub focused on the efforts of racially-minoritized populations in the us to pursue racial justice through the law
Largest: $10,000 to GIRL SCOUTS OF NORTH EAST OHIO — a-98-22 journeys--minoritized girls in stem
Tiny Blue DotWest Hollywood, CA
1 matching grant · $116,666 · through 2024Largest: $116,666 to The Regents of the University of California — grant supports a science of perception box studies at ucla by dr. rebecca gotlieb titled "does narrative skill training increase transcendent thinking and social-emotional wellbein…
Largest: $100,000 to CODE FOR SCIENCE AND SOCIETY — to support a cohort of research software engineers from minoritized backgrounds to improve governance, sustainability, community health, or other challenges in their communities of…
Largest: $47,150 to University of Southern California — supporting minoritized preschoolers in their help-seeking behavior: a training study
Largest: $40,000 to TAKAMI SHIRATORI DELISLE — delisle, takami (independent scholar) "troubling (white) anthropology: stories from racially minoritized anthropologists"
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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 →