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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 “period”
Where the money went
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
30 matching grants · $36.0M · through 2022Largest: $196,701 to Organizing Neighborhoods for Equality Northside — support of gapa activities for time period of july-september 2022, support of gapa activities during the months of january - march 2023, $13,770: support of gapa activities for tim…
North Star FundNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
22 matching grants · $660,000 · through 2022Largest: $30,000 to NYC JUSTICE PEER INITIATIVE — general support. please note that this grant is prorated to cover an 18-month period in order to move your next renewal deadline to fall of 2024
Largest: $150,000 to INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE — to support its program of women's protection & empowerment in yemen. this grant is for two-year period from 2021 to 2022.
Largest: $298,874 to BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY — critical period plasticity underlying complex learning in asd rat models
Milwaukee Diaper MissionCudahy, WICharity · may take applications
16 matching grants · $328,391 · through 2024Largest: $68,372 to NOURISH MKE — diapers, period products, boxes of wipes
National Diaper Bank NetworkNew Haven, CTCharity · may take applications
18 matching grants · $126,796 · through 2024Largest: $19,898 to Helping Women Period — hhs grant & buying credit
Largest: $174,211 to BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM — for research into solar system fundamental frequencies, earth precession frequency, and lunar periodicities
Community Foundation of the Napa ValleyNapa, CACharity · may take applications
12 matching grants · $678,604 · through 2024Largest: $135,500 to IMMIGRATION INSTITUTE OF THE BAY AREA — for participation in the citizenship legal services (cls) collaborative that is part of napa valley community foundation's one napa valley initiative. this grant covers the period …
Wikimedia FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $2.8M · through 2024Largest: $500,000 to WIKI EDUCATION FOUNDATION — multi-year grant for support of the wiki education foundation annual plan for the 2024-2026 period
Georgia Tech FacilitiesAtlanta, GACharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $50.3M · through 2024Largest: $29.8M to GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY — see part iv. monitoring of the process consists of periodic financial and operational review by officers and board members.
Telligen Community InitiativeWest Des Moines, IA
9 matching grants · $829,069 · through 2025Largest: $50,000 to CENTRAL IOWA BASIC INCOME PILOT PROJECT (COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER DE — the central iowa basic income pilot project seeks to create a cross-sector collaboration focused on implementing a guaranteed stimulus model in central iowa. following successful m…
Largest: $100,000 to STEWARDS — general funding for the period
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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 →