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12 funders with a record of paying for “portuguese”
Where the money went
Santa Clara Sporting ClubSanta Clara, CACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $40,000 · through 2024Largest: $20,000 to PORTUGUESE ORGANIZATION FOR SOCIAL SERVICES AND OPPORTUNITIES — suport the local portuguese community
Largest: $10,000 to MASSACHUSETTS ALLIANCE OF PORTUGUESE SPEAKERS INC — maps senior center
Largest: $165,363 to OFFICE OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS — for the un indigenous peoples and minorities fellowship programmes to promote a training for portuguese-speakers participants, with a focus on young feminists about the un system a…
Largest: $45,000 to Portuguese Genealogical Society — unrestricted gift
Kaiser Foundation HospitalsOakland, CACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $75,000 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to Portuguese Organization For Social — seeking health
Boston FoundationBoston, MACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $51,120 · through 2023Largest: $21,500 to Massachusetts Alliance of Portuguese Speakers — operating support/annual fund
Southcoast Community FoundationNew Bedford, MACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $27,500 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to PORTUGUESE UNITED FOR EDUCATION DBA DISCOVERY LANGUAGE ACADEMY — english language program for adult speakers of other languages (esol)
Somerville-Cambridge Elder ServicesSomerville, MACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $19,783 · through 2024Largest: $7,450 to MA ALLIANCE OF PORTUGUESE SPEAKERS — sr.ctr elder svc prg
Largest: $7,500 to MASSACHUSETTS ALLIANCE OF PORTUGUESE SPEAKERS — exempt purpose
Largest: $10,000 to SPORT CLUB PORTUGUESE CORP — general and project support
John Templeton FoundationWest Conshohocken, PA
2 matching grants · $234,720 · through 2024Largest: $211,248 to ASSOCIACAO BRASILEIRA DE CRISTAOS NA CIENCIA — resources on philosophy and theology in brazilian portuguese
Greater Lowell Community FoundationLowell, MACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $55,000 · through 2025Largest: $30,000 to Boston Portuguese Festival Inc — arts & culture - a23 cultural awareness
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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 →