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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 “partisan”
Where the money went
A Healthier DemocracyBoston, MACharity · may take applications
48 matching grants · $706,831 · through 2024Largest: $60,000 to THE FAMILY HEALTH CENTERS OF GEORGIA INC — conduct non-partisan civic engagement activities
Open Society Action FundNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
28 matching grants · $56.9M · through 2024Largest: $18.1M to OUR AMERICAN FUTURE ACTION — to support non-partisan policy advocacy and civic engagement
Largest: $600,000 to JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY — to provide non-partisan technical assistance to states to develop and implement policies that address high health care prices and to disseminate related research, policy tools, and…
Committee On StatesRaleigh, NCCharity · may take applications
35 matching grants · $1.9M · through 2023Largest: $125,000 to TENNESSEE INVESTOR FUND — to support efforts to recruit donors, increase professional development opportunities, and review and vet non-partisan civic engagement plans
Imagine North Carolina FirstRaleigh, NCCharity · may take applications
27 matching grants · $11.6M · through 2024Largest: $3.0M to State Engagement Fund — funding non-partisan programming
League of Conservation Voters EducationWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
42 matching grants · $54.8M · through 2024Largest: $43.0M to LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS — environmental education, capacity building, and non-partisan engagement
Seattle FoundationSeattle, WACharity · may take applications
28 matching grants · $467,500 · through 2022Largest: $20,000 to MOTHER AFRICA — to support non-partisan voter education and registration in king county, wa
Largest: $325,000 to BROOKINGS INSTITUTION — non-partisan public policy research
Largest: $282,952 to SPUR — this grant builds on spurs prior work in the guadalupe river park and intersects to parallel grants with the city of san jose and the guadalupe river park conservancy. spur staff w…
State Leadership ProjectRaleigh, NCCharity · may take applications
16 matching grants · $865,000 · through 2022Largest: $115,000 to ARKANSAS VALUES INSTITUTE INC — to recruit charitable donors and review non partisan civic engagement plans.
Largest: $200,000 to THE LENFEST INST FOR JOURNALISM SPE ASSET FUND OF THE PHL FOUNDATION — to support spotlight pa to produce vital non-partisan investigative journalism and build new media partnerships throughout pennsylvania
Largest: $3.0M to PETER G PETERSON INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS — to support non-partisan research and analysis on global and domestic fiscal and economic policy.
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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 →