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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 “monitored”
Where the money went
United Way of New York CityNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
107 matching grants · $14.1M · through 2022Largest: $5.9M to DRISCOLL FOODS — hunger prevention nutrition assistance program (hpnap) - hpnap helps ensure the accessibility and availability of safe, nutritious food in nycs most vulnerable communities; support…
National Fish and Wildlife FoundationWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
87 matching grants · $21.1M · through 2023Largest: $73,672 to NEW ENGLAND MARINE MONITORING — habitat monitoring
California Fire Safe CouncilSacramento, CACharity · may take applications
95 matching grants · $9.1M · through 2022Largest: $694,522 to NAPA COMM FIREWISE FOUNDATION — wildfire protection projects including pre-fire planning, hazardous fuels reduction, project monitoring, and fire-protection, mitigation, and education activities.
Largest: $918,048 to CORNELL UNIVERSITY — to support scientific research by dr. judy cha, including development of in situ probes for monitoring materials growth by chemical vapor deposition and of scalable fabrication pro…
Largest: $270,031 to ACADEMYHEALTH — 80531 monitoring the work of 2023 health data for action grantees and facilitating dissemination of research findings to relevant stakeholders
Largest: $287,500 to NEO PHILANTHROPY INC — to support the grantee's fiscally sponsored project, migration and technology monitor, to monitor the use of emerging technologies in migration management
Largest: $175,000 to Operao Amazonia Nativa - OPAN — to research and monitor energy development and finance in the brazilian amazon.
Largest: $332,200 to HEALTHPARTNERS INSTITUTE — pilot study of direct integration of continuous glucose monitoring data into the electronic health record to improve diabetes care
National Foundation for the Centers forAtlanta, GACharity · may take applications
31 matching grants · $9.7M · through 2024Largest: $3.7M to THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA ON BEHALF OF ITS LOS ANGELES C — stigma monitoring and response system for public health crises
Largest: $225,000 to ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTIGATION AGENCY — for research on inequitable and illegal supply chains of transition minerals and to strengthen local resistance and territorial monitoring in mexico and brazil
Great Lakes Observing System Regional AssociationAnn Arbor, MICharity · may take applications
25 matching grants · $2.2M · through 2024Largest: $337,115 to University of Wisconsin Milwaukee — monitoring programs in lake michigan
Largest: $197,000 to NATURE CONSERVANCY — support for conserving indonesia's forests and strengthening tenure, private sector engagement, and monitoring and research for the ape populations of east kalimantan.
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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 →