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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 “panels”
Where the money went
The Whas Crusade for ChildrenLouisville, KYCharity · may take applications
22 matching grants · $601,247 · through 2023Largest: $30,000 to MARION COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION — $30,000.00 for ball maze panels, marble panels, match 4 panels and gear panels
Largest: $249,000 to UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD — to form the international panel on the information environment, an independent and multidisciplinary scientific panel for assessing algorithmic bias, manipulation, and misinformati…
Largest: $250,000 to Habitat for Humanity of Minnesota Inc — to support starting a residential solar panel installation program for habitat for humanity homes in minnesota
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
12 matching grants · $220,580 · through 2024Largest: $34,000 to Black United Fund of Illinois Inc — in support of a film screening and panel discussion on reparations
The Ahmanson FoundationBeverly Hills, CA
10 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2023Largest: $315,000 to WAYFINDER FAMILY SERVICES — toward fire panel replacement
Louisiana Bar FoundationNew Orleans, LACharity · may take applications
11 matching grants · $154,589 · through 2024Largest: $28,328 to NAMI OF ST TAMMANY — community partnership panel
Largest: $199,968 to UNIVERSITY OF IOWA — supporting the rupri health panel to bring research and expertise to inform policy development and implementation
Largest: $200,000 to CAL POLY HUMBOLDT SPONSORED PROGRAMS FOUNDATION — for use by its schatz energy research center in support of an analysis to repurpose and reuse solar panels in kenyan refugee and displaced communities, post-conflict areas, and mar…
Largest: $150,000 to ARKANSAS PUBLIC POLICY PANEL - LITTLE ROCK AR — gos to support the arkansas public policy panel
Largest: $30,000 to TABITHA JANE JACKSON — for the research project "structuring freedom" to explore the themes of ai and form in the documentary film sector, and provide public access to the research online and through fre…
Largest: $224,246 to PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE — to study how the shift toward non-prosecution of non-violent misdemeanors affects panel system outcomes by race/ethnicity.
Largest: $66,667 to HAMMOND CLIMATE SOLUTIONS — thermal solar panels manufactured by members of the white earth nation and installed on 20 homes owned by tribal elders, providing heat and energy savings in the winter while incre…
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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 →