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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 “mortgage”
Where the money went
Largest: $12,720 to VARIOUS CO MERCY HOUSE MINNEAPOLIS — rent & mortgage subsides
Largest: $6,500 to Breyound Haywood — assist qualifying veterans with rent or mortgage payments while they attend college full time to further their career or start a new career through college courses at an accredited…
East Denver Colfax PartnershipDenver, COCharity · may take applications
52 matching grants · $652,500 · through 2025Largest: $15,000 to AHWATOI LLC — rent or mortgage payments (excluding taxes), utilities and insurance payroll, benefits, or incentives (e.g., bonuses) to hire and retain workers inventory/supplies
Gulf Coast Economic Development DistrictHouston, TXCharity · may take applications
13 matching grants · $420,000 · through 2023Largest: $50,000 to Medina Chiropractic Sports and Spine LLC — it's a grant from fortbend county that were issued to local businesses through gcedd to cover expenses such as costs of working capital, payroll, accounts payable, rent, mortgages,…
Largest: $1.4M to BUILD WEALTH MN INC — build wealth minnesota (bwm) will scale low-barrier mortgage loan programs to increase black homeownership by 15% in the twin cities. the 9,000 equities fund will leverage philanth…
The Community Foundation forJacksonville, FLCharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $468,301 · through 2024Largest: $170,000 to PRISONERS OF CHRIST — designated: $75,000 pay off mortgage, $55,000 capital items, and $40,000 operating expenses.
Largest: $16,229 to HEIDI BALICKI — mortgage pymts, hoa fee & cobra
Research Institute for Housing AmericaWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $325,000 · through 2023Largest: $125,000 to MORTGAGE BANKERS ASSOCIATION — mba school of mortgage banking's path to diversity scholarship program
Largest: $500,000 to HABITAT MORTGAGE SOLUTIONS — 80325 general operating support for habitat mortgage solutions
Largest: $10,000 to ST VINCENT DEPAUL BEAVER DAM — mortgage reduction
Largest: $20,000 to THOMAS J GARCIA — mortgage and living expenses
The WorkplaceBridgeport, CTCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $1.5M · through 2024Largest: $414,506 to CAPITAL WORKFORCE PARTNERS — job training & placement assistance to borrowers who have gone into mortgage foreclosure & who are unemployed or underemployed
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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 →