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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 “podcast”
Where the money went
Largest: $332,973 to LOST WOMEN OF SCIENCE INITIATIVE INC — to research, produce, and release three seasons of lost women of science for a total of 20 podcast episodes telling in-depth stories of overlooked women in stem throughout history
Largest: $20,000 to C COOPER — to produce a podcast investigative series on how a coordinated network of extremist sheriffs used popular resentment against the government to undermine racial and immigrant justic…
Largest: $100,000 to LA CORRIENTE DEL GOLFO PODCAST SA DE CV — to make visible the leadership, contributions and experiences of women defenders of land, territory and natural resources in latin america through a podcast.
Largest: $250,000 to Public Radio Exchange — for the next podcast seasons of "things that go boom"
John Templeton FoundationWest Conshohocken, PA
14 matching grants · $3.8M · through 2024Largest: $602,176 to PRX INCORPORATED — prx's big questions: new podcast voices in science and the big questions
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
12 matching grants · $3.5M · through 2024Largest: $500,000 to National Public Radio Inc — in support of npr's race and identity beat and podcasts: code switch and throughline
California Healthcare FoundationOakland, CACharity · may take applications
10 matching grants · $2.1M · through 2024Largest: $75,000 to TRADEOFFS INC — support for tradeoffs podcast coverage of calaim; tradeoffs podcast support for ca coverage of people with complex needs
Largest: $20,000 to CULTURE TRUST GREATER PHILADELPHIA - FISCAL SPONSOR FOR THE PODCAST DILOGOS — to support the production of dilogos, a 12-episode investigative podcast
Largest: $107,790 to JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH CENTER FOR INDIG — 82622 supporting the "tending our roots" podcast to center indigenous knowledge in research and evaluation to advance a healthy and sustainable future
Largest: $200,000 to Meanings of Democracy Lab — support for podcast and related research
Largest: $40,000 to University of California Santa Barbara — to support a narrative-based podcast, based on research, that helps the public understand the climate problem and its solutions
Allied Media ProjectsDetroit, MICharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $145,420 · through 2023Largest: $22,000 to VANTA MEDIA LLC — the grant will be used to support black nerd problems, a project of vanta media llc. specifically, funds will be used for monthly maintenance on the black nerd problems' site, whic…
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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 →