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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 “poorest”
Where the money went
Largest: $50,000 to CATHOLIC EXTENSION — works in solidarity with people in america's poorest regions to build up vibrant and trans formative catholic faith communities.
Largest: $29,249 to FINANCIAL AID TO POOREST OF POOR CANCER PATIENTS REFERRED BY SOCIAL WORKER — to provide financial aid to poorest of poor chinese cancer patients referred by oncology social workrs in usa
Largest: $4,500 to EVIDENCE ACTION — provide support to people in the poorest places to provide them with better opportunities and improved lives.
The Cyrus Katzen FoundationBaileys Crossroads, VA
4 matching grants · $80,000 · through 2024Largest: $20,000 to SAVE A CHILD'S HEART FOUNDATION — support for cardiac surgery to world's poorest children
Largest: $176,600 to ACTIONAID — core support for the bretton woods project to generate new data and analysis in support of a multilateral system that is democratic, inclusive, transparent, accountable, and respon…
Largest: $75,000 to GESU SCHOOL — renewed funding to support the counseling department of an independent pre-k to 8th grade school located in, and drawing students from, the poorest neighborhoods of north philadelp…
Largest: $5,000 to PARTNERS IN HEALTH — to assist in delivering high quality health care to the poorest countries in the world.
Largest: $68,000 to MAP INTERNATIONAL — map international is a global christian health and relief organization that partners with people living in conditions of poverty to save lives and develop healthier families and co…
Largest: $29,000 to DIOCESE OF NORWICH OUTREACH TO HAITI INC — toward the cost to purchase a new generator to provide back-up electricity at the medical clinic in one of the poorest neighborhoods in port-au-prince, haiti.
Largest: $25,866 to ARTISTS FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE — to serve the poorest communities, specifically focused on haiti, with programs in education, healthcare and dignity.
Largest: $17,550 to MARYKNOLL FATHERS — to support the missionaries of the organization stationed in the world's poorest countries.
Largest: $3,990 to HIGHER MOUNTAIN INC — dental and medical mission trips & public health programs focused on improving health and quality of life of mountain communities that provide a home to some of the world's poorest…
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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 →