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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 “pension”
Where the money went
Largest: $13,765 to REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY — to develop a dataset of local government pension expenditures, finances, and employment data and research around the impacts of public pension systems.
Largest: $1.2M to WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — to provide pensions to retired ministers and widows and dependent children of deceased ministers.
Largest: $350,000 to Equable Institute — to increase support for policies that improve teacher pension systems, with the specific goal of minimizing the effect that pension debt has on education budgets.
Largest: $6,300 to IRENE M YOUNG — pension distribution
Largest: $100,000 to PENSION RIGHTS CENTER — a three-year grant for continued general operating support to ensure the protection of pension benefits and reform of the pension system for older workers and retirees.
Largest: $1.0M to PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY INC — to address pso pension obligations
Glaziers Archit Metal Workers and GlassPhiladelphia, PACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $2.7M · through 2024Largest: $812,250 to IUPAT PENSION FUND — subsidize benefit fund to aid contributing employer in competitive bidding.
United Methodist Foundation of West VirginiaCharleston, WVCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $295,034 · through 2024Largest: $98,743 to Pension Funds Inc — pension funding
AarpWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $185,000 · through 2024Largest: $75,000 to Pension Rights Center — grant to support public education task force & enhancing retirement security for older divorced women
Hawaii Foundation for AgricultureWaipahu, HICharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $939,837 · through 2024Largest: $352,654 to HAWAII AGRICULTURE RESEARCH CENTER — to fund required pension contribution.
Largest: $8.3M to FOUNDATION FOR DETROIT'S FUTURE — for the detroit institute of arts settlement project to expedite detroit's bankruptcy settlement, assist in honoring pension commitments and preserve the institutes collection for …
Lilly EndowmentIndianapolis, IN
4 matching grants · $1.0M · through 2023Largest: $250,000 to GENERAL BOARD OF PENSION&HEALTH-UMC — challenges facing pastoral leaders
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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 →