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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 “pillar”
Where the money went
CureboundSan Diego, CACharity · may take applications
10 matching grants · $7.1M · through 2024Largest: $4.7M to THE REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA UC SAN DIEGO — see detail in part ivcancer research across five research pillars; including prevention and diagnostic tools, novel approaches and new therapeutic platforms, immunotherapies and pe…
CurepspNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
12 matching grants · $1.3M · through 2024Largest: $200,000 to NORTH TEXAS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — funding research - cure pillar of our mission
Largest: $50,000 to TASTY SMART — to support young entrepreneurs who have technology-based solutions or innovative approaches through the three pillars: knowledge, access, and capital.
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
12 matching grants · $1.8M · through 2024Largest: $300,000 to PILLARS FUND — promise of an equitable future
Largest: $295,338 to WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH C — afctg22r2-159 - assessment of pillar stability in underground room & pillar mines from autonomous robotic inspection
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $3.8M · through 2023Largest: $988,433 to Pillars Fund — pillars catalyze fund, unrestricted funds (annual contribution)
Largest: $132,000 to PILLAR CHURCH PLANTING NETWORK — rtim missionaries
Largest: $250,000 to UNITED WAY OF THE GREATER TRIANGLE INC — healthy families and cradle to career impact pillars in orange and durham counties-$150,000; for 10 to watch and anti-racism community fund initiatives within the equity in leaders…
Unstoppable FoundationCulver City, CACharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $3.8M · through 2023Largest: $1.3M to PLAN INTERNATIONAL — sponsor a village 5-pillar program (sav)
Largest: $470,856 to Pillars Community Health — regional health agenda
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
6 matching grants · $1.3M · through 2024Largest: $300,000 to PILLARS FUND — in support of its storytelling and narrative change activities
Berrien Community FoundationSt Joseph, MICharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $366,493 · through 2025Largest: $115,000 to PRESENT PILLARS FOUNDATION — family mobility program, all pro dad initiative , general support, the pillar center general operations , the dad playbook
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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 →