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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 “nurturing”
Where the money went
Largest: $4.2M to TRAILHEAD INSTITUTE — champion health equity; maintain healthy bodies; nurture healthy minds; strengthen community health; general donation to support organization or program; matching contribution to s…
Lilly EndowmentIndianapolis, IN
205 matching grants · $208.0M · through 2025Largest: $4.2M to INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY — nurturing children-worship & prayer
United Way of Wayne CountyGoldsboro, NCCharity · may take applications
17 matching grants · $566,444 · through 2025Largest: $117,521 to BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF WAYNE COUNTY — nurturing children &
Conrad N Hilton FoundationWestlake Village, CA
12 matching grants · $21.5M · through 2024Largest: $5.0M to INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE INC — to support a nurturing children program in uganda, kulea watoto, integrate early childhood care and development with economic wellbeing programming
Largest: $42,000 to SISTER CARMEN COMMUNITY CENTER INC — nurturing parenting program
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
12 matching grants · $2.0M · through 2022Largest: $400,000 to CENTER FOR CIVIC POLICY — enable the organization to achieve its mission of increasing civic engagement among traditionally disenfranchised communities through strategic engagement campaigns, fostering a cu…
Gordon-Conwell Theological SeminarySouth Hamilton, MACharity · may take applications
12 matching grants · $252,000 · through 2024Largest: $21,000 to Vision New England — nurture religious youth life
The Community Foundation of MiddleNashville, TNCharity · may take applications
12 matching grants · $137,750 · through 2024Largest: $7,500 to NURTURE THE NEXT — in support of the mission of nurture the next
Largest: $150,000 to EMERALD NECKLACE CONSERVANCY INC — nurturing the emerald necklaces tree canopy and inspiring next-generation earth stewardship
Largest: $215,000 to JAMES AND GRACE LEE BOGGS CENTER TO NURTURE COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP — general support and project support for institutional strengthening
Largest: $50,000 to College of St Benedict Business Off — to change narratives on native inequities, nurture native leadership, and build native and non-native relationships by investigating and disseminating research on impacts of assimi…
Largest: $5,000 to NEW MUSIC USA — nurture the creation of new music
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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 →