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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 “posse”
Where the money went
The Posse FoundationNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
31 matching grants · $3.5M · through 2024Largest: $300,000 to TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY — grants are intended to help support the posse program on each campus although they are not specifically restricted within that and require no reporting
The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift FundNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
13 matching grants · $1.5M · through 2024Largest: $77,500 to THE POSSE FOUNDATION INC — scholarships & financial aid
Largest: $200,000 to THE POSSE FOUNDATION INC — program/operating support
Largest: $7,500 to THE POSSE FOUNDATION — program support
Largest: $200,000 to The Posse Foundation — support of program to recruit metro atlanta high school students to attend selective colleges on full scholarships.
Largest: $125,000 to POSSE FOUNDATION — regional giving
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $137,200 · through 2023Largest: $30,000 to The Posse Foundation Inc — general operating support for posse chicago, general operating support
Largest: $10,000 to THE POSSE FOUNDATION INC — the posse foundation identifies, recruits and trains individuals with extraordinary leadership potential. posse scholars receives full-tuition leadership scholarships from posses p…
Largest: $75,000 to THE POSSE FOUNDATION INC — posse boston: college success and leadership development program
Largest: $25,000 to POSSE FOUNDATION — unrestricted grant related to scholarships
Largest: $15,000 to THE POSSE FOUNDATION LOS ANGELES — this grant supported the pre-collegiate training (pct) program, an 8-month series of weekly workshops and summer retreats for newly selected posse scholars prior to matriculating. …
The New York Community TrustNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $305,000 · through 2024Largest: $125,000 to THE POSSE FOUNDATION — for general support.
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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 →