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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.
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The Reinvestment FundPhiladelphia, PACharity · may take applications
247 matching grants · $21.5M · through 2024Largest: $200,000 to THREE SISTERS KITCHEN — funding to expand or preserve the availability of staple and perishable foods in underserved areas with low and moderate income populations by maintaining or increasing the number …
Largest: $8,400 to TULANE UNIVERSITY — arithmetic properties of partition numbers and class numbers
Catholic Legal Immigration NetworkSilver Spring, MDCharity · may take applications
62 matching grants · $4.5M · through 2024Largest: $1.5M to CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS ANGELES INC — increase immigration legal services by expanding training for nonprofits to help staff members become accredited representatives under the u.s. department of justice office of lega…
Largest: $180,000 to NORTH KANSAS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT — support for the continued implementation of a district-wide real world learning strategic plan to increase the number of graduates leaving high school ready for learning, work, and…
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
38 matching grants · $11.5M · through 2022Largest: $150,000 to ACADEMY OF BREASTFEEDING MEDICINE — increase the number, diversity and knowledge base of physician and nurse breastfeeding champions in hospitals serving vulnerable populations resulting in an increased number of bab…
Largest: $26.0M to Teach For America Inc — to recruit, train and support diverse, high-quality teachers and increase the number of alumni in school or system leadership roles nationally.
National Alliance of State andWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
26 matching grants · $4.5M · through 2023Largest: $435,445 to THE REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA — to build datasharing capacity in state hiv and medicaid programs to increase the number of states that adopt the hvl and report it to cms.
Largest: $1.3M to TECHCONGRESS FOUNDATION — to strengthen technology expertise within the u.s. congress by supporting the congressional innovation fellowship, which places an even number of technologists in congressional off…
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
17 matching grants · $3.6M · through 2023Largest: $161,532 to Virginia Tech Foundation Inc — stamps scholars support - foundation account designation number 876115.
Central City ConcernPortland, ORCharity · may take applications
16 matching grants · $5.9M · through 2024Largest: $508,146 to Native American Rehabilitation Association of the Northwest — pass-through of federal funds under federal assistance listing number 14.267, multifamily housing service coordinators continuum of care program.
America ScoresNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
19 matching grants · $471,203 · through 2024Largest: $60,667 to DC SCORES — america scores affiliates are sub awardees that will administer all aspects of the group mentor programming with elementary and middle school age youth and local mentees. each affi…
National Center for Youth LawOakland, CACharity · may take applications
16 matching grants · $1.3M · through 2024Largest: $256,318 to Planned Parenthood Pasadena and San Gabriel Valley Inc — to support development of a resilient collective impact campaign and related activities that will increase access to reproductive and sexual health care and information, and in the…
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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 →