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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 “pilot”
Where the money went
Largest: $1.6M to Brown University of Providence — to support the pilot year of a research partnership named research partnership for professinal learning (rppl).
Largest: $200,000 to CLUBHOUSE INTERNATIONAL — to improve the lives of people living with a mental illness by piloting a two-state expansion of clubhouse international in the carolinas, which will ultimately serve as a pilot fo…
Conrad N Hilton FoundationWestlake Village, CA
57 matching grants · $30.2M · through 2024Largest: $810,000 to ARISE FOUNDATION AMERICA INC — to expand the pilot of the mel app to help sisters collect data and document their work on service provision, areas of need and ways to mitigate human trafficking and pilot a siste…
Largest: $400,000 to CAAAV ORGANIZING ASIAN COMMUNITIES — 82320 strengthening the astoria tenants union in queens, nyc, as a pilot project organizing working class immigrant renters to fight gentrification
Largest: $3.1M to PERSISTENT SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS LLC — to conduct a six-month pilot test of the aerial investigative research program to assist the baltimore city police department.
California Healthcare FoundationOakland, CACharity · may take applications
52 matching grants · $6.0M · through 2024Largest: $511,029 to RAND CORPORATION — medi-cal payment reform and behavioral health care; primary care investment coordinating group - rand; connected care accelerator data collection extension; impact of racism on pat…
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
44 matching grants · $6.1M · through 2022Largest: $380,000 to Far South CDC — in support of the housing and equity assistance pilot program. in support of pace pulse mixed-use transit supportive development (mtsd). in support of far south cdc's supplier dive…
Largest: $550,000 to OneGoal — piloting a new success model
Largest: $96,000 to Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania — support a post-doctorate fellowship to conduct qualitative research on youth and young adult participants in guaranteed income pilots
Largest: $500,000 to ADAGIO HEALTH INC — innovation fund to seed pilot projects that reduce health disparities
Largest: $891,762 to NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL NURSES INC — providing coordinated care and capturing outcomes for students with t1d school nurse-led pilot project
Largest: $2.6M to REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA — in support of the development, piloting, and evaluation of resources and materials that aim to teach scientifically grounded reasoning for youth and non-expert scientists.
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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 →