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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 “poder”
Where the money went
Largest: $225,000 to Comunidades Organizando El Poder Y La Accion Latina COPAL Education — to expand the individual taxpayer identification numbers research to inform changes to career licensing exams.
Tides FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
15 matching grants · $6.1M · through 2024Largest: $2.5M to PODER LATINX — equity, human rights, and economic empowerment
Women Donors Network ActionSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $920,000 · through 2024Largest: $220,000 to PODER NC ACTION — primary purpose and general support
Largest: $150,000 to PODER IN ACTION — general operating support
Windward FundWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $596,500 · through 2024Largest: $190,000 to PODER — environmental programs
All Hands On Deck NetworkNorthampton, MACharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $264,000 · through 2023Largest: $77,000 to PODER NC ACTION — primary purpose
Open Society Action FundNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $1.0M · through 2024Largest: $250,000 to PODER — to support the grantee's social welfare activities
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
5 matching grants · $387,000 · through 2023Largest: $100,000 to Commonweal — in support of its project somos el poder
The Minneapolis FoundationMinneapolis, MNCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $398,250 · through 2024Largest: $167,500 to COMUNIDADES ORGANIZANDO EL PODER Y LA ACCION LATINA COPAL EDUCATION — human services
Neo PhilanthropyNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $315,000 · through 2024Largest: $115,000 to Poder In Action — program grant
Largest: $80,000 to PODER — to educate arizona communities about civic engagement and opportunities to advance their health and safety at the local and state level.
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $217,500 · through 2023Largest: $187,500 to Poder — general operating support, the purpose of this grant is to support the partnership between poder and skills for chicagolands future to provide job coaching and connections in the n…
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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 →