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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 “nonpartisan”
Where the money went
Largest: $450,000 to JOINT CENTER FOR POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC STUDIES INC — to support the growth of the joint center for political and economic studies as a visible, credible leader in nonpartisan technology policy research by enabling the hiring of new e…
Open Society Action FundNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
122 matching grants · $116.8M · through 2024Largest: $15.0M to FUTURE FORWARD USA ACTION — to support nonpartisan research and content testing on critical policy issues
State VoicesWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
117 matching grants · $18.2M · through 2024Largest: $80,000 to LAND STEWARDSHIP PROJECT NONPARTISAN CIVIC ENGAGEMENT — public education and nonpartisan civic engagement
Center for Technology and Civic LifeChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
97 matching grants · $2.5M · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to SANILAC COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE - ELECTIONS DIVISION — provide nonpartisan funding to help rural and nonmetro election offices conduct reliable and secure elections.
All Voting Is LocalWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
90 matching grants · $4.7M · through 2024Largest: $363,717 to COMMON CAUSE EDUCATION FUND — nonpartisan civic education
Organize ActionCloverdale, CACharity · may take applications
58 matching grants · $8.4M · through 2024Largest: $975,000 to CARE IN ACTION — nonpartisan voter engagement to empower communities
Largest: $222,076 to LEGAL ACTION CENTER OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK INC — to conduct research into the prevalence and costs of specific limitations on substance use disorder treatment services and evidence of violations of the mental health parity and ad…
Houston in Action NetworkHouston, TXCharity · may take applications
40 matching grants · $1.8M · through 2022Largest: $89,000 to Gulf Coast Leadership Council — nonpartisan voter education and engagement
Fair CountAtlanta, GACharity · may take applications
29 matching grants · $605,125 · through 2024Largest: $50,450 to TWIN FORKS RISING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION — to conduct nonpartisan voter registration and get out the vote activities related to the 2023 mississippi elections
Largest: $290,000 to CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE — to support research, writing, and convening activities that identify nonpartisan policy solutions to issues that affect the eu and us together
Largest: $225,000 to R Street Institute — to support nonpartisan research exploring how federally subsidized crop insurance and other farm subsidy programs perpetuate environmental degradation and how to reform those progr…
Future Now ActionWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
14 matching grants · $5.7M · through 2024Largest: $2.0M to SIXTEEN THIRTY FUND — nonpartisan voter registration
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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 →