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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 “missionwork”
Where the money went
Largest: $20,422 to THIRD SECTOR NEW ENGLAND INC (AKA TSNE MISSIONWORKS) — research and education on early childhood development
Seattle FoundationSeattle, WACharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $518,080 · through 2024Largest: $209,040 to TSNE MISSIONWORKS — a way home washington
The Rhode Island Community FoundationProvidence, RICharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $278,301 · through 2024Largest: $104,500 to TSNE MISSIONWORKS — hl - healthy lives (primary)
Boston FoundationBoston, MACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $441,000 · through 2024Largest: $343,000 to TSNE MissionWorks — operating support/annual fund
The Schott Foundation for PublicCambridge, MACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $160,000 · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to TSNE MISSIONWORKS — to support massachusetts voter table to provide strategy support and trainings to local and statewide efforts focused on advancing racial and education equity and covid response in…
Largest: $325,000 to THIRD SECTOR NEW ENGLAND MISSIONWORKS — support for a way home washington & america
Largest: $33,333 to TSNE MISSIONWORKS — human services
The Oregon Community FoundationPortland, ORCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $320,400 · through 2024Largest: $110,400 to TSNE MissionWorks — early childhood
Largest: $50,000 to TSNE MISSIONWORKS - INTEGRITY INITIATIVES INTERNATIONAL — intergrity initiatives international
Common Counsel FoundationOakland, CACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $160,000 · through 2023Largest: $80,000 to TSNE MISSIONWORKS — general operating
Largest: $5,000 to NORTH AMERICAN MISSION BOARD — support missionwork
Largest: $10,000 to TSNE MISSIONWORKS FBO THE BUILDING MOVEMENT PROJECT — support for membership dues for leadership funders group
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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 →