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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 “pandemic”
Where the money went
Largest: $276.6M to GATES MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE — enterics, diagnostics, genomics & epidemiology; malaria; maternal, newborn, child nutrition and health; pneumonia & pandemic preparedness; research and learning opportunities; tube…
Chamber of Commerce of HawaiiHonolulu, HICharity · may take applications
218 matching grants · $4.3M · through 2023Largest: $50,000 to PACIFIC RIM DEFENSE LLC — to award small businesses that endured a 25% loss of income or more during the pandemic to help preseve and revitalize local businesses.
Enterprise Center of Johnson CountyOverland Park, KSCharity · may take applications
202 matching grants · $4.3M · through 2023Largest: $99,000 to A2Z ACADEMIC FOUNDATION LLC — pandemic recovery
The 30 Day FundCharlottesville, VACharity · may take applications
195 matching grants · $9.0M · through 2022Largest: $300,000 to LOUISIANA CENTER FOR CHILDREN'S RIGHTS — pandemic assistance
Rising Tide Community Loan FundBethlehem, PACharity · may take applications
211 matching grants · $7.5M · through 2021Largest: $44,530 to COOPERSBURG DINER INC — reimburse eligible businesses for revenue losses experienced due to the covid-19 global pandemic.
Largest: $225,000 to Urban Inst — 78263 conducting research in a time of pandemic to
Largest: $200,000 to NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CITIZENSHIP — for core support for the pandemic to prosperity project to build, analyze, and disseminate data to inform an equitable recovery from the covid-19 pandemic by connecting data, commu…
Illinois Equal Justice FoundationChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
52 matching grants · $34.5M · through 2024Largest: $4.1M to LAND OF LINCOLN LEGAL AID — to provide legal information, advice and representation to low-income people in 65 southern/central counties including veterans, people impacted by the criminalization of cannabis …
Maine Technology InstitutePortland, MECharity · may take applications
54 matching grants · $8.3M · through 2022Largest: $530,000 to Defendify — defendify, inc. response plan due to negative economic impacts of the covid-19 pandemic
Largest: $750,000 to UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — to fund selected pandemic-related research projects through the peter g. peterson foundation pandemic response policy research fund.
Communities in Schools of NorthDurham, NCCharity · may take applications
36 matching grants · $4.9M · through 2024Largest: $596,004 to CIS OF CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG INC — expansion and pandemic response
Community Foundation of North Central MaFitchburg, MACharity · may take applications
40 matching grants · $1.7M · through 2024Largest: $542,180 to UNITED WAY OF NORTH CENTRAL MASS INC — pandemic related, social services, community development, etc
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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 →