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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 “permanency”
Where the money went
Largest: $40,686 to RTCA-NY — to provide financial support to individuals in need. this financial assistance is to cover medical, funeral and basic living expenses on a temporary basis for individuals with prol…
Largest: $3.0M to HOUSING ACCELERATOR FUND — to support the homes for the homeless fund in order to accelerate the creation of permanent supportive housing units in san francisco.
Largest: $10.0M to COAST CONSERVATION ENDOWMENT FUND FOUNDATION — to support the great bear sea project finance for permanence.
Texas Center for Child and FamilyAustin, TXCharity · may take applications
26 matching grants · $8.3M · through 2024Largest: $618,025 to THRU PROJECT — to establish or sustain post-adoption and post-permanency supports.
Conrad N Hilton FoundationWestlake Village, CA
23 matching grants · $9.5M · through 2024Largest: $735,000 to CENTER ON BUDGET AND POLICY PRIORITIES — to research the role of housing vouchers in connecting people experiencing homelessness to permanent housing, including coalition building and analysis of scalabale innovations at …
Largest: $25,000 to MOOSE MOUNTAINS REGIONAL GREENWAYS — toward permanent protection of 242 acres with unique and imperiled plant communities on teneriff.
Largest: $500,000 to WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY — to provide need-based financial aid to undergraduate students at wesleyan university through the permanent endowment of the alberto ibarguen '66, h.c. 2011 and diego ibarguen '97 s…
The San Francisco FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
20 matching grants · $4.7M · through 2023Largest: $860,000 to SPANISH SPEAKING UNITY COUNCIL OF ALAMEDA COUNTY — program - for general operating support to a community anchor providing essential services to low-income families and people of color, especially latinx and immigrant populations, …
Largest: $20,000 to HARBOR HOMES INC — permanent supportive housing
Largest: $1.5M to AMALGAMATED CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC — core support for organizing resilience to support us south-based organizing and advocacy organizations to develop a permanent capacity to rapidly respond to climate and other disas…
Largest: $115,000 to Mutual Housing California — permanent supportive housing at mutual housing california
Community Foundation for Greater BuffaloBuffalo, NYCharity · may take applications
17 matching grants · $6.8M · through 2022Largest: $787,654 to BUFFALO SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCES — unrestricted use; restricted for permanent endowment; annual support; for tifft nature preserve inclusive wayfinding and env educ prog; buffalo museum of science; decolonization at…
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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 →