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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 “populations”
Where the money went
Community Care of North CarolinaGarner, NCCharity · may take applications
529 matching grants · $19.4M · through 2024Largest: $543,708 to KINTEGRA HEALTH — helping independent practices expand access to and improve quality of care for vulnerable populations
The Reinvestment FundPhiladelphia, PACharity · may take applications
223 matching grants · $21.0M · through 2024Largest: $200,000 to ASBURY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION — funding to expand or preserve the availability of staple and perishable foods in underserved areas with low and moderate income populations by maintaining or increasing the number …
Find Your Light FoundationLos Angeles, CACharity · may take applications
176 matching grants · $1.8M · through 2024Largest: $27,500 to EDUCATION THROUGH MUSIC — to provide a vital service to the underserved population through arts education programs
Largest: $1.6M to AFRICAN POPULATION & HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER INC — development of solutions to improve global health; empower women and girls; research and learning opportunities
Largest: $111,075 to RUTGERS ST U OF NJ CTR FOR ST HLT POL — 76850 designing a population-based cohort study to generate new knowledge about drivers of population health and health equity in new jersey
Largest: $100,000 to SOUTHSIDE COMMUNITY LAND TRUST — improve access to fresh, healthy food for vulnerable populations
Largest: $412,634 to NEW YORK CITY CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCY — to investigate the impact of pretrial detention on different defendant populations in new york city.
Largest: $370,000 to WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES — to conduct a randomized clinical trial of a novel postpartum intervention in rural populations.
Largest: $385,435 to MAINE MEDICAL CENTER — autism inpatient collection phase 4: increasing research access to the severely affected autism population through a deeply characterized recontactable cohort
Largest: $572,000 to THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK — for use by columbia climate schools center for climate systems research in support of developing models to study the impact of climate change on nutritious crops for food-insecure …
Largest: $1.6M to THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (UNIVE — center for health policy research - supporting survey development: to support the development of a statewide population health survey that provides statewide, county and sub-county…
Prosperity NowWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
62 matching grants · $13.2M · through 2024Largest: $5.5M to AMALGAMATED CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC — to promote the organization's mission & expand its reach to the underserved population
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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 →