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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 “motivational”
Where the money went
The Indianapolis Colts FoundationIndianapolis, INCharity · may take applications
96 matching grants · $5.8M · through 2024Largest: $450,000 to PROJECT HEALTHY MINDS CORP — to follow foundation's mission to create motivational and educational opportunities for youth and families throughout the state of indiana and surrounding communities.
The Schott Foundation for PublicCambridge, MACharity · may take applications
28 matching grants · $1.2M · through 2022Largest: $125,000 to SOUTHERN COALITION FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE — to support education justice alliance's work seeking to resist politically motivated attacks on critical race theory in order to advance an honest, accurate, and fully funded publi…
Largest: $40,000 to KIPP BALTIMORE — education: support programs that challenge motivated students in public schools
Largest: $100,000 to YOUNG BLACK MOTIVATED KINGS & QUEENS — general operating support for young black motivated kings and queens to engage local youth
Largest: $100,124 to CORNELL UNIVERSITY — k-theory, motivic zeta functions, and trace methods
Largest: $10,000 to MOTIVATIONAL RECOVERY ENVIRONMENTS INC — helping hands group grants grant
Largest: $500,000 to SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS INC — core support for sankofa to educate, motivate and activate artists and allies in service of grassroots movements and equitable change
Largest: $200,000 to MALO MOTIVATING ACTION LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITY — general operating support: to support an organization that promotes tongans celebrating their culture and motivates action through leadership in order to build healthy communities …
Cwi WorksSilver Spring, MDCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $36.0M · through 2024Largest: $11.5M to MOTIVATION EDUCATION AND TRAINING INC — recruitment, training, and job placement of seniors
Largest: $100,000 to Programa de Promocion de la Sustentabilidad y Conocimientos Compartidos PRO — collective actions motivated by innovations and local services to improve the agroecological efficiency of production systems in the communities
East Bay Community FoundationOakland, CACharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $177,500 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to MOTIVATED 2 HELP OTHERS — motivated to empower richmond.
Largest: $417,710 to COOPERATIVE DEVEL FDN — 79918 increasing understanding of, interest in, and motivation for shared ownership housing to advance racial equity and housing affordability and stability
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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 →