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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 “pipeline”
Where the money went
Largest: $325,238 to Vanderbilt University — to support a study that will examine the extent to which school districts that participated in the principal pipeline learning community have made progress toward planning and desi…
Largest: $40,000 to SOURCE LGBT CENTER INC — supporting lgbtq youth health and pipelines to leadership: to create pipelines to leadership for youth within the lgbtq community in the central valley focusing on health access, p…
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
31 matching grants · $15.1M · through 2022Largest: $350,000 to JOBS TO MOVE AMERICA — establish a community organizing, research, and advocacy agenda in alabama and mississippi to support community benefits agreements with manufacturers to build pipeline to well-pai…
Largest: $1.3M to NEW VENTURE FUND — for the public interest technology university network challenge fund for subgranting for curricula development, research agendas, and experiential learning programs to create a pip…
Kipp FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
19 matching grants · $26.1M · through 2023Largest: $296,609 to MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH INC — principal pipeline & development-evaluation study
Largest: $424,500 to Rodel Charitable Foundation — strengthening wilmington's teacher pipeline
Largest: $526,200 to Reform Alliance Inc — to continue partnering with the arkansas department of education in the implementation of the succeed scholarship, prepare for other school choice programs in the pipeline, and exp…
New Jersey Civic Information ConsortiumMontclair, NJCharity · may take applications
17 matching grants · $1.6M · through 2024Largest: $267,070 to MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — journalism pipeline
Largest: $137,500 to SIENA COLLEGE — support nursing scholarship & k-12 health career pipeline program
Association of Arts Administration EducatorsNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
11 matching grants · $385,000 · through 2023Largest: $35,000 to Youth Speaks — execution of cac arts admin pipeline fellowship grant
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
15 matching grants · $3.0M · through 2022Largest: $534,999 to Spanish Coalition for Housing — where most needed - on behalf of baird & warner, support for comprehensive housing counseling, in support of a network of service providers to create and support a pipeline of at l…
Largest: $200,000 to NEW YORK UNIVERSITY — to help remediate underrepresentation of minorities (urm) in the economics profession focusing on the post-baccalaureate segment of the talent pipeline and mentoring them for succe…
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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 →