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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 “portfolio”
Where the money went
RedfSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
142 matching grants · $17.6M · through 2025Largest: $250,000 to EMERGE CONNECTICUT INC — portfolio grant
Acumen FundNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
15 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2024Largest: $412,278 to ACUMEN CAPITAL PARTNERS LLC — technical assistance for portfolio companies
Largest: $264,205 to PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY — to continue to evaluate the veterans and military families initiative, provide evaluation support to the portfolios grantees, and advance research connected to meaningful policy op…
Largest: $540,000 to CENTER FOR EVALUATION INNOVATION INC — 82409 evaluating the impact of the rwjf policy department's policy infrastructure portfolio
Largest: $35,000 to OSMOSIS EDUCATION MENTORING INTIATIVE — support portfolio mentoring & graphic design scholarships
Largest: $100,000 to MDRC — to support mdrcs continued engagement with the program team to work with the jobs team on a portfolio review, in addition to supporting all program team members to better apply evi…
Iowa West FoundationCouncil Bluffs, IA
7 matching grants · $279,577 · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to LEWIS CENTRAL COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT — aspire career preparedness portfolio
Commission On Economic OpportunityWilkesbarre, PACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $934,936 · through 2024Largest: $250,315 to NORTHEASTERN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION — provide scholarships to 42 local students for post-secondary education and graduate school. provide program planning oversight, evaluates program effectiveness, and recommends modi…
Largest: $500,000 to Silicon Schools Fund Inc — to support the launch of 25 innovative high-quality new schools, further innovative charter growth nationally, and build the communications capacity of ssf's portfolio schools.
Largest: $250,000 to IDEOORG — for support of ideo.org's human-centered design srhr portfolio
Largest: $39,067 to RAND CORPORATION — to support the dissemination of grantee's research portfolio regarding the behavior of people with criminal records and its implications for policy reform and unemployment.
Largest: $2,500 to EDDIE ADAMS WORKSHOP ORGANIZATION INC — the eddie adams workshop is the only tuition-free photojournalism seminar of its kind. applicants at the start of their career submit portfolios for consideration. one hundred part…
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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 →