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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 “physical”
Where the money went
The Oregon Community FoundationPortland, ORCharity · may take applications
396 matching grants · $29.6M · through 2024Largest: $2.0M to Hospice of Redmond — physical health
Largest: $108,000 to BOGOLYUBOV INST THEORETICAL PHYSICS — bogolyubov institute for theoretical physics
Legacytree FoundationSpring Hill, TNCharity · may take applications
218 matching grants · $4.7M · through 2025Largest: $152,000 to SEND MUSICIANS TO PRISON — to provide spiritual, physical, and humanitarian aid to those in need
Largest: $20,000 to City of Caldwell — grantees purpose of all grant funding from the foundation is awarded for participation in the community health academy. funding will be used to support improvements to the lions pa…
Largest: $50,000 to ASPEN CENTER FOR PHYSICS — to reduce barriers to participation in the summer programs of the aspen center for physics for early-career scientists belonging to groups underrepresented in physics
Largest: $36,500 to GRAND VALLEY CATHOLIC OUTREACH — basic needs - food access, housing, mental & physical health, case mgmnt
Ocf Joseph E Weston Public FoundationPortland, ORCharity · may take applications
129 matching grants · $4.2M · through 2024Largest: $130,000 to Providence Children's Health Foundation — physical health
Largest: $2.6M to THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY — to support continued development of a revolutionary accelerator design to expand the exploration of particle physics, enable new table-top physics, open up attosecond science and e…
Thunderbirds CharitiesPhoenix, AZCharity · may take applications
91 matching grants · $5.1M · through 2024Largest: $457,235 to SPECIAL OLYMPICS ARIZONA — improving the lives of the physically & mentally challenged
Catholic Education ArizonaPhoenix, AZCharity · may take applications
49 matching grants · $417,165 · through 2024Largest: $18,281 to SS SIMON & JUDE CATHEDRAL SCHOOL — scholarships, physical plant needs, or marketing
Largest: $3.0M to GERARD'T HOOFT — 2025 special breakthrough prize in fundamental physics
Sanford Group ReturnSioux Falls, SDCharity · may take applications
37 matching grants · $9.6M · through 2024Largest: $112,000 to INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT518 — community health improvement services, physical improvement and housing, physical improvements & housing
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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 →