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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 “ngos”
Where the money went
Largest: $360,000 to OXFAM HONG KONG — general support and for grantmaking to grassroots ngos in china, including ngos working on disability
Largest: $536,060 to BRITISH OVERSEAS NGOS FOR DEVELOPMENT (BOND) — global health and development public awareness and analysis; research and learning opportunities
Largest: $16,000 to Darussalaam Foundation — community & institutions: vetted schools ngos institutions - ops or capital.
Largest: $152,000 to Agriculture Improvement Support Services — embedding option by context interactions through improved participation and farmer leadership within the western kenyan ngos's farmer research network
Conrad N Hilton FoundationWestlake Village, CA
4 matching grants · $720,000 · through 2024Largest: $220,000 to INSTITUTE FOR ECOLOGICAL CIVILIZATION — to conduct a landscape assessment of wash ngos in ethiopia, ghana and uganda and to provide technical assistance to a select number of shortlisted ngos to prepare them for internat…
Largest: $50,000 to RIGHTS DEFENDERS — to support research and legal work to preserve ngos
Largest: $380,000 to Multiplier — to support the conservation alliance for seafood solutions to build demand for sustainable seafood with a global community of ngos, seafood industry and other stakeholders.
Largest: $64,755 to BRITISH OVERSEAS NGOS FOR DEVELOPMENT — for support of research, campaigning, and mobilizing in local areas in support of refugee, climate, and development justice.
Largest: $13,035 to HEALTH INC — women's wellness fellowships: developing the skills of seven young ladakhis through fellowships and partnerships with indian and international ngos to use it to provide universal a…
Largest: $300,000 to EMPOWER LEARNING AFRICA LIMITED — for supporting local ngos to grow and innovate on the tarl approach in africa
Largest: $107,019 to KENYA SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND — to enhance the collaboration of public private partnership towards a coordinated screening and distribution of corrective glasses at both public and private channel for an expanded…
Largest: $26,000 to HUTAN - KINABATANGAN ORANG-UTAN CONSERVATION PROJECT — support for the development of a safeguarding approach and framework and to share the learning with other small conservation ngos.
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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 →