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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 “newark”
Where the money went
Largest: $600,000 to YOUTHBUILD NEWARK DOING BUSINESS AS NEWARK OPPORTUNITY YOUTH NETWORK — to strengthen the newark opportunity youth network's capacity to serve more opportunity youth, develop an advocacy agenda and increase the quality of services across the youth work…
Largest: $100,000 to RUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — to support the newark city of learning collaborative at rutgers university-newark, joseph c. cornwall center for metropolitan studies
Largest: $1.0M to NEWARK BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER INC — the healthcare foundation of new jersey emergency services pavilion at newark beth israel medical center
Largest: $50,000 to NEWARK COMMUNITY STREET TEAM — 2021-newark community street team -momentum fund
Largest: $12,500 to Leadership Newark — leadership newark public policy fellowship
Community Foundation of New JerseyMorristown, NJCharity · may take applications
40 matching grants · $3.0M · through 2024Largest: $913,005 to NEWARK PUBLIC LIBRARY — unrestricted grant to support organization's exempt purpose
Licking County FoundationNewark, OHCharity · may take applications
31 matching grants · $2.7M · through 2024Largest: $110,000 to NEWARK DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS — newark arcade project
South Ward AllianceNewark, NJCharity · may take applications
29 matching grants · $5.6M · through 2024Largest: $587,898 to NEWARK COMMUNITY STREET TEAM — to support students in their academic success and close the achievement gap
Largest: $107,500 to NEWARK ALLIANCE INC — for general operating support
Devils Youth FoundationNewark, NJCharity · may take applications
28 matching grants · $660,169 · through 2024Largest: $15,000 to COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NEW JERSEY — scholarship fund for children of newark firefighters ($10,000) and to support the newark summer fund 2024 ($5,000).
Largest: $25,000 to NEWARK TRUST FOR EDUCATION — charitable giving/general support - strengthening early childhood learning and development in newark
Largest: $180,000 to RUTGERS ST U OF NJ NEWARK — 80793 supporting capital planning for reimagining rutgers university-newark's real estate portfolio to improve community well-being and support city goals
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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 →