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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 “portable”
Where the money went
Largest: $28,917 to SKYHUBLINK SYSTEM — infrastructure upgrade for the skyhublink system in addition to portable repeater infrastructure to support events, and an upgrade for their main hub at a data center.
The Whas Crusade for ChildrenLouisville, KYCharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $178,825 · through 2023Largest: $27,000 to HEUSER HEARING & LANGUAGE ACADEMY INC — $27,000.00 for any item on grant list - portable audiometric earscan, portable oae, vra, and clinical oae (not to exceed amounts requested for each line item.)
Largest: $1.36B to Under the Health Insurance Portability and Account — provide pharmaceutical assistance to qualifying individuals
Largest: $1.8M to THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY — to support the development of a portable, low-cost, and error-free long-read sequencing platform using resonant nanophotonic biosensors.
Largest: $150,000 to BULK SPACE — to create the bulk media lab offering a series of artist driven workshops, public programs and portable tools to encourage engagement in media + tech in the arts, serving various c…
Largest: $143,092 to WILMA THEATER — portable studio program's new accessible production initiative
Largest: $19,604 to ARH TUG VALLEY HEALTH SERVICES INC — initiate monthly diabetes support groups serving floyd, johnson, pike, and martin counties in kentucky. these monthly sessions will be hosted at each respective county's university…
Largest: $3.1M to Learning Economy Inc — to develop "portable learner records" to help parents, educators, and students understand and make decisions about students' learning trajectories.
Sfs FoundationSioux Falls, SD
3 matching grants · $535,000 · through 2025Largest: $185,000 to MIDWEST HONOR FLIGHT — flight costs and portable poc machines for flight
Largest: $275,000 to NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP FOR WOMEN AND FAMILIES INC — core support for the work and family program to advance policies to ensure broad coverage of all workers with portable universal benefits and inclusive robust labor standards such …
Variety - the Children'S Charity of IowaDes Moines, IACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $57,436 · through 2024Largest: $28,524 to ST LUKE'S HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION — portable ventilator for patient transport
Largest: $120,906 to HARRISON COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIET — 1. roof replacement2. portable bleacher addition
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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 →

