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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 “persian”
Where the money went
Largest: $335,459 to PERSIAN CONG OF FLATBUSH — to help activities of var public char inst which are exempt under 501 (c)(3).
Largest: $16,458 to UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON - MO HABIB TRANSLATION PRIZE IN PERSIAN LITERATURE — to enable the publication and dissemination of persian literary works that stand on their own in engaging english translation.
Revelation Ministries IncorporatedCarlsbad, CACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $168,418 · through 2024Largest: $107,418 to Grace Angelican Church — reach persians with the gospel
Vaad Harabonim of QueensFlushing, NYCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $61,211 · through 2024Largest: $22,200 to PERSIAN JEWISH CENTER CROWN HEIGHTS — religious education
Largest: $30,000 to ASSOCIATION OF THE FRIENDS OF PERSIAN CULTURE — unrestricted gift
Tree of Love FoundationBeverly Hills, CA
3 matching grants · $56,000 · through 2024Largest: $36,000 to HOPE FOUNDATION OF IRANIAN-AMERICAN — support for persian american jewish in need of basics
Largest: $10,000 to PERSIAN WOMEN IN TECH — general & unrestricted
Largest: $25,000 to SWAGAT PANI — pani, swagat (michigan, ann arbor, u. of) "financial sieges and financial tunnels: a multi-sited ethnography and history of financial sanctions in the persian gulf with a focus on …
Largest: $1,000 to PERSIAN CONG — general operating supports
Largest: $7,000 to TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA — to establish the leiser endowed fund in support of the acquisition of materials relating to arabic, turkish, and persian collections and resources at the university of pennsylvania…
Largest: $4,600 to ARTMAX ACADEMY — one year operating support grant for youth arts programming and classes led by persian and peruvian artists
Fakhimi Family FoundationCorona Del Mar, CA
2 matching grants · $5,000 · through 2024Largest: $2,500 to JORDAN CENTER FOR PERSIAN STUDIES — financial assistance to local academic institutions
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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 →