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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 “multilingual”
Where the money went
Alliance for a Better CommunityLos Angeles, CACharity · may take applications
20 matching grants · $410,000 · through 2024Largest: $60,000 to PROMESA BOYLE HEIGHTS AT PROYECTO PASTORAL — consortium for english learner success advisory organization/ narrative change project to mobilize and expand support for multilingual learners in la county.
Largest: $749,335 to TNTP INC — to prototype a pipeline for tk educators ready to serve multilingual learners
Largest: $200,000 to CALIFORNIANS DEDICATED TO EDUCATION FOUNDATION — to increase the capacity of state and local agencies to serve english learners in schools through the work of the california department of education's multilingual support division…
Largest: $426,494 to UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH — improving the use of research evidence in multilingual learner policy and practice: research-practice partnership engagement with state education agency leaders
Largest: $20,000 to SAN LEANDRO EDUCATION FOUNDATION — the light awards project "improving outcomes for multilingual scholars through
Largest: $163,097 to North Carolina State University — examining rural dual language programs, multilingual learners, and rural community cultural wealth
Nellie Mae Education FoundationQuincy, MACharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $370,000 · through 2024Largest: $183,000 to OLNEYVILLE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION — coalitions 2024-26 - coalition for a multilingual rhode island
The San Francisco FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $695,000 · through 2023Largest: $660,000 to CENTER FOR EMPOWERED POLITICS EDUCATION FUND — program - for general operating support of a multilingual, multiracial collaborative's efforts to advance smart, community-first solutions for a thriving oakland. program - for gen…
Hi FoundationFort Lauderdale, FL
4 matching grants · $40,000 · through 2025Largest: $10,000 to WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC — to provide support to encourage the growth, development and distribution of free, multilingual content, and to providing the full content of these wiki-based projects to the public…
Largest: $210,993 to UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA — for research on effective strategies for multilingual learners in deeper learning classrooms
Largest: $3,000 to BUTLER AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL — love of learning grants april lewis- lions and tigers and bears.oh my! butler avenue school multilingual learners take
Largest: $400,000 to JACARANDA HEALTH — to optimize prompts ai infrastructure and integrate multilingual llms to improve maternal and newborn health outcomes in kenya and sub-saharan africa
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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 →