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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 “moderate”
Where the money went
The Reinvestment FundPhiladelphia, PACharity · may take applications
223 matching grants · $21.0M · through 2024Largest: $200,000 to DEVELOP DETROIT INC — funding to expand or preserve the availability of staple and perishable foods in underserved areas with low and moderate income populations by maintaining or increasing the number …
Homefree USALandover, MDCharity · may take applications
87 matching grants · $22.8M · through 2023Largest: $7.1M to NATL ASIAN AMERICAN COALITION — property purchased for renovation and sale to low and moderate income potential homeowners.
North Carolina CommunityGarner, NCCharity · may take applications
40 matching grants · $1.3M · through 2024Largest: $112,500 to FIRST CARE MEDICAL CLINIC - MONROE — promote and support the implementation and expansion of collaborative care management (cocm), an evidence-based model integrating behavioral health services into medicaid-enrolled …
Largest: $1.1M to HOLY ROSARY CREDIT UNION — support for expanding the ability to deploy loans fund for economically disadvantaged entrepreneurs in low to moderate income areas. 202203-12127
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
12 matching grants · $2.4M · through 2022Largest: $200,000 to LOUISIANA BUDGET PROJECT — provide general operating support to help the organization advance its mission of using public policy research, communications and advocacy to promote policy changes that improve t…
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
10 matching grants · $571,863 · through 2024Largest: $200,000 to FOUNDERS FIRST COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION INC — to support a business accelerator program in chicago that helps develop and grow the businesses of entrepreneurs who are bipoc, women, veterans, lgtbq+, or located in low- and mode…
New Hope Community CapitalBoston, MACharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $29.8M · through 2024Largest: $9.9M to WASHINGTON PINE LLC — to provide funding to support our lending and investment activities in low and moderate income communities.
Largest: $2.5M to AFRICAN AMERICAN ALLIANCE OF CDFI CEOS INC — toward the costs of creating a fund for member cdfis to originate credit enhancement loans for disadvantaged small businesses in low-to moderate income communities in baltimore, md…
Largest: $67,500 to UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA — 81959 improving the availability of information on residual markets for property insurance and studying their role in low- and moderate-income communities
Third WayWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $880,000 · through 2024Largest: $200,000 to YOUNG PEOPLE'S ALLIANCE EDUCATION FUND — moderate power venture fund
Largest: $500,000 to THE CAPITAL GOOD FUND — to pilot a solar leasing program for low-to-moderate income households in the region in order to install solar photovoltaic and/or battery storage systems
Fenway Community Development CorporationBoston, MACharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $169,124 · through 2024Largest: $76,250 to FENWAY COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC — as part of "we're here for you: fenway/kenmore community collective" providing low-to-moderate income residents with: 1) community health navigation services to increase healthcare…
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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 →