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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 “olam”
Where the money went
Bonei OlamBrooklyn, NYCharity · may take applications
15 matching grants · $33.9M · through 2024Largest: $4.6M to BONEI OLAM ROCKLAND COUNTY — to fund direct medical payments
Largest: $6,200 to BONEI OLAM — general charitable, religious and educational purposes
Tides CenterSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $525,000 · through 2024Largest: $150,000 to TIKKUN OLAM PRODUCTIONS INCORPORATED — equity, human rights, and economic empowerment
The Jewish Federation ofMontgomery, ALCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $135,269 · through 2025Largest: $95,155 to THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF NORTH AMERICA INC — to protect and enhance the well-being of jews worldwide through the values of tikkun olam (repairing the world), tzedakah (charity and social justice) and torah (jewish learning.
Tides FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $104,000 · through 2024Largest: $30,000 to TIKKUN OLAM PRODUCTIONS INCORPORATED — equity, human rights, and economic empowerment
Largest: $45,000 to TIKKUN OLAM PRODUCTIONS INCORPORATED — to aid the donee in carrying out their exempt functions.
Largest: $290,000 to OZAR OLAM INC — charitable, religious & educational
Largest: $7,000 to KI L'OLAM CHASDO — help the needy
Largest: $10,000 to JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — to promote the practice of tzedakah (charity) and the pursuit of tikkum olam (repairing the world) by serving as the advocate for planned giving and the central resource for person…
The Jewish Federation of GreaterNorth Bethesda, MDCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $41,659 · through 2024Largest: $17,300 to CONGREGATION OLAM TIKVAH — jfgw communal support grants
Emt Action FundCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $228,000 · through 2024Largest: $200,000 to KEREN OLAM HATORAH — religious education
Largest: $5,450 to BONEI OLAM — to assist non-profit organization with program expenses
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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 →