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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 “moonshots”
Where the money went
Largest: $30,000 to MOONSHOT EDVENTURES — collaboration grant - moonshot edventures local ed support group
Largest: $118,000 to MOONSHOT MISSIONS INC — chesapeake wastewater utility ta
RootedDenver, COCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $482,000 · through 2024Largest: $450,000 to MOONSHOT EDVENTURES — new community driven
Largest: $50,000 to UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER — prostate cancer moonshot program - dr. chris logothetis research
Largest: $1.4M to SUCCESS ACADEMY — restricted - $1,250,000 - 5yr moonshot campaign. unrestricted - $100,000
S D Ireland Cancer Research FundSouth Burlington, VTCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $4.6M · through 2024Largest: $2.5M to MOONSHOT ANTIBODIES — cancer research
Largest: $300,000 to MOONSHOT MISSIONS — 80532 general operating support for moonshot missions
Wend IiBentonville, AR
3 matching grants · $500,000 · through 2024Largest: $200,000 to Moonshot edVentures — to support a full-time residency for program founders to develop strong revenue strategies, board governance structures, and student impact models
Largest: $70,000 to MOONSHOT EDVENTURES — project support
Largest: $50,000 to EQUIS INSTITUTE — equis youtube moonshot
Largest: $50,000 to MOONSHOT EDVENTURES — general & unrestricted
Largest: $40,000 to MOONSHOT EDVENTURES — matching - general operating support
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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 →