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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 “oriented”
Where the money went
Birthright ArmeniaTinton Falls, NJ
107 matching grants · $149,437 · through 2024Largest: $2,300 to KARINE DERMARKARIAN KEVORKIAN — travel fellowships, cultural excursions and orientation grant.
Pasadena Art AlliancePasadena, CACharity · may take applications
46 matching grants · $628,000 · through 2024Largest: $30,000 to INNER-CITY ARTS — support for artists, exhibitions, educational programs and other art-oriented projectssupport for artists, exhibitions, educational programs and other art-oriented projects
Largest: $500,000 to TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY — for the global economic governance initiative to advance policy-oriented research to align global economic governance with development and climate ambitions and deliver green and i…
Community Services UnlimitedLos Angeles, CACharity · may take applications
24 matching grants · $2.0M · through 2024Largest: $125,000 to ROCKY ACRES COMMUNITY FARM — equitable food oriented development grant
Largest: $150,000 to COMMUNITY ORIENTED CORRECTIONAL HEALTH SERVICES INC — 81551 general operating support for community oriented correctional health services inc.
Largest: $225,000 to VISION Y COMPROMISO — supporting prevention-oriented health and advocacy through promotoras: to strengthen the capacity of promotoras and community health workers in california and the central valley to…
Largest: $500,000 to CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE — to support ceip's research and initiative to elevate ukrainian policy-oriented and scholarly perspectives, and to build a network of ukraine-based experts
Largest: $250,000 to FREEDMAN CONSULTING LLC — what works plus (ww+) is a philanthropically oriented research and knowledge-building collaborative coordinating across philanthropy, non-profits, and government to advance equity …
Largest: $3.7M to AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LEARNED SOCIETIES — to continue support for postdoctoral fellowships in social justice-oriented government and nonprofit agencies for humanities phds
Resources for Community DevelopmentBerkeley, CACharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $28.8M · through 2024Largest: $12.4M to STATE OF CALIFORNIA HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIVISION — passthrough development grants on transit-oriented development.
Largest: $501,463 to AMERICAN UNIVERSITY — to develop and implement a community-oriented engagement approach on marine carbon dioxide removal (mcdr) in partnership with[c]worthy, a focused research organization
Largest: $100,000 to INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL JUSTICE FUND — support for the sexual orientation and gender identity project to develop the capacity of african national human rights institutions to respond to violations of the human rights of…
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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 →