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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 “playbook”
Where the money went
Interfaith AmericaChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
25 matching grants · $373,000 · through 2024Largest: $16,000 to IL MUSLIM CIVIC COALITION — faith in elections playbook grant
The Gitlin Family FoundationFort Washington, PA
8 matching grants · $74,000 · through 2024Largest: $18,500 to JAWS YOUTH PLAYBOOK — improve wellness of at risk youth
California Healthcare FoundationOakland, CACharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $654,818 · through 2024Largest: $174,000 to PALLIATIVE CARE QUALITY COLLABORATIVE NFP — palliative care quality collaborative: planning and stakeholder engagement on improving collection and use of equity-focused data. palliative care quality collaborative: ehr integr…
Largest: $139,000 to CENTER FOR HEALTH CARE STRATEGIES INC — to develop the better care playbook, an online resource for stakeholders seeking to improve the quality and lower the cost of care for high-need patients.
Largest: $92,583 to Center for Health Care Strategies Inc — development of the better care playbook, phase six
Largest: $112,500 to CENTER FOR HLT CARE STRAT SUPP ORG — 81397 evolving the better care playbook to translate evidence on complex care for policymakers and to support ongoing sustainability, 2024 and 2025
Largest: $200,000 to THINK OF US — support prevention playbook and narrative development
The Scan FoundationLong Beach, CACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $325,000 · through 2023Largest: $150,000 to CENTER FOR HEALTH CARE STRATEGIES — four-part playbook goal: (1) increase access to easily navigable resources on evidence-based practices and promising approaches in complex care; (2) support greater adoption and pr…
Largest: $100,000 to GUILD OF FUTURE ARCHITECTS FOUNDATION — core support for the responsible tech company playbook to develop due diligence and governance guidance for investors, boards, and companies seeking to invest in and foster respons…
Largest: $160,000 to MANATT PHELPS AND PHILLIPS LLP — to support the development of a playbook for stronger implementation of state policies for pharmacist prescribed birth control.
Largest: $75,000 to WE UPJOHN INSTITUTE FOR EMPLOYMENT RESEARCH — to support the upjohn institutes facilitation of a research consortium and the creation of an online promise program implementation playbook, as part of the copro2.0 initiative.
Largest: $1.1M to City Thread — to support the development of an accelerated mobility playbook for the city of bentonville.
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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 →