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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 “online”
Where the money went
Every OrgSan Francisco, CA
320 matching grants · $34.2M · through 2023Largest: $2.9M to NETWORK FOR GOOD — online support for charitable purposes
Largest: $100,000 to PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE — to support policy research on media, technology, and online information, and to propose approaches that promote healthier online information systems.
Equinix FoundationRedwood City, CA
68 matching grants · $3.8M · through 2025Largest: $664,919 to THE UK ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION — general operating support
Largest: $250,000 to NEW VENTURE FUND — core support for the dangerous speech project for research on harmful speech online, and to work in coalition with civil rights organizations to influence the content moderation po…
Largest: $881,989 to THE UK ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION — general & unrestricted
Largest: $1.6M to American Online Giving Foundation Inc — january payment for december matching gifts
Levi Strauss FoundationSan Francisco, CA
41 matching grants · $12.5M · through 2023Largest: $200,000 to AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC — project support to combat the criminalization of abortion seekers in texas through legal trainings, research, and advocacy.
Largest: $443,183 to UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS CENTER FOR RESEARCH — to compile and collect high quality data about the u.s. care economy for use both by researchers and, through an online statistical dashboard, by the public as well
Largest: $34,814 to BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM — to continue the implementation of an online student success coaching intervention in partnership with houston community college and the pilot randomized controlled trial ("rct") on…
Largest: $1.8M to SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION — in support of the development and dissemination of online community research guides for youth to learn about water and agriculture and apply this knowledge to inform local communit…
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
25 matching grants · $7.6M · through 2024Largest: $20,000 to Carnegie Mellon University — in support of a policy white paper and related research and analysis exploring the nexus of online behavioral advertising and privacy
Visa FoundationSan Francisco, CA
25 matching grants · $17.5M · through 2023Largest: $7.4M to AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC — general & unrestricted
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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 →