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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 “outside”
Where the money went
Ri Hospitality AssociationCranston, RICharity · may take applications
77 matching grants · $720,381 · through 2023Largest: $25,400 to KAHN LITWIN RENZA & CO LTD — take it outside grant
Greater Morgantown Convention & VisitorsMorgantown, WVCharity · may take applications
16 matching grants · $250,430 · through 2025Largest: $31,990 to WEST VIRGINIA SECONDARY SCHOOL ACTIVITIES COMMISSION — to enhance the quality of existing events and activities and assist existing organizations in expanding and attracting new events and visitors 50 or more miles outside of monongali…
Northern Rhode IslandLincoln, RICharity · may take applications
18 matching grants · $170,557 · through 2023Largest: $10,000 to ACENTO LLC — take it outside grant
Largest: $150,000 to THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK — core support for the publication and development of logic(s) with a focus on fields traditionally outside of tech discourse that employ alternative methods and tools to evaluate th…
Largest: $300,408 to VERA INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE INC — vera california - centering health through a system of care: to support data collection, analysis and research on how los angeles county can create safety outside of the criminal j…
The San Diego FoundationSan Diego, CACharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $1.6M · through 2024Largest: $371,244 to OUTSIDE THE LENS — outside the lens: youth council's flash forward career
Largest: $125,000 to Justice Outside — to support the rising leaders fellowship which provides individuals in entry- to mid-level positions within the environmental sector with professional development.
Largest: $500,000 to Justice Outside — environment and science
Largest: $82,000 to JUSTICE OUTSIDE — for an intermediary's capacity-building pilot project in partnership with resilia
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
12 matching grants · $213,050 · through 2023Largest: $40,000 to Snow City Arts Foundation — general operating support, to develop a suite of arts learning programs outside of the hospital setting.
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
7 matching grants · $1.9M · through 2024Largest: $597,310 to THIRD SECTOR NEW ENGLAND INC — provide culturally relevant education materials for haitian children both inside and outside classrooms within the model school network by expanding lakou kajou's high-quality reso…
The San Francisco FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $3.8M · through 2024Largest: $1.2M to JUSTICE OUTSIDE — program - to support youth access to nature fund grantees. advised - for regranting and general operating support of the youth access to nature program. advised - for the youth acc…
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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 →