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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 “participatory”
Where the money went
Largest: $822,131 to PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING PROJECT — 81094 expanding participatory budgeting in new jersey to promote health equity
Largest: $100,000 to PARTICIPATORY MAPPING NETWORK FOUNDATION — to support the development of the government's one data infrastructure by accelerating the inclusion of participatory mapping of social forestry into the one map data base system
Rsf Social FinanceSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
23 matching grants · $856,546 · through 2022Largest: $135,000 to THE MERCHANTS FUND — for urbane development (james johnson piett) for bii cohort participatory grantmaking pool
Largest: $93,094 to Universidad de La Sabana — strengthening education in a rural community of former guerrilla members and their families: a participatory action research approach towards peace-building in colombia
Largest: $60,000 to Vermont Caribbean Institute Inc — to promote agroecology through participatory action research and the integration of diverse knowledge systems to attain sustainable rural communities and food systems in latin amer…
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
15 matching grants · $2.6M · through 2022Largest: $305,750 to DATA AND SOCIETY RESEARCH INSTITUTE — inform worker justice grassroots, legal and policy advocates of the causes and consequences of algorithmic management surveillance, technology on work structures, and the impact of…
Largest: $700,000 to PEOPLE POWERED GLOBAL HUB FOR PARTICIPATORY DEMOC — to promote equity and democracy in digital policymaking by supporting community organisations to undertake participatory policymaking in service of the general public
Largest: $225,000 to NATIONAL CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC — support for youth participatory action research in career and technical education
Largest: $180,000 to PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING PROJECT INC — promoting healthy communities and democracy through participatory budgeting: to promote healthy communities by supporting and expanding participatory democracy across california.
Largest: $450,000 to PEOPLE POWERED - GLOBAL HUB PARTICIPATORY DEMO INC — for general operating support
Largest: $1.7M to TIDES FOUNDATION — to support the asia advancement fund to enhance participatory and good governance in south asia
Largest: $800,000 to INSTITUTE DE DESENVOLVIMENTO SUSTENTAVEL MAMIRAUA — to expand and consolidate a participatory path for the sustainable use, effective management and conservation of coastal para mangroves.
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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 →