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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 “possessions”
Where the money went
Largest: $15,000 to DESIRAE M STEPHENSON — flood - lost home and all personal possessions
The Craig and Rebecca GrovesBoise, IDCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $193,540 · through 2024Largest: $51,140 to CONGREGATION AHAVATH BETH ISRAEL — benefit and support for the congregation ahavath beth israel, religious,charitable, scientific, literary, educational purposes, and for theprevention of cruelty to children or anim…
The Community Foundation for Greater NewNew Haven, CTCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $60,343 · through 2024Largest: $15,150 to CONNECTICUT COLLEGE — to be awarded annually to one or more girls, preferably from the new haven area, to be selected by the scholarship committee of connecticut college in new london, connecticut, or i…
Largest: $120,000 to TRUST FOR COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND EDUCATION — core support to rural women's assembly to support locally based movements, that possess a feminist analysis and framing on gender based violence
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
2 matching grants · $600,000 · through 2021Largest: $300,000 to Nautilus of America Inc — in support of a project to build bridges between countries that possess nuclear weapons and those that do not
Drug Policy AllianceNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $66,000 · through 2022Largest: $51,000 to CHURCH OF SAFE INJECTION — to educate and mobilize a strong base of support across maine to promote a personal possession decriminalization policy reform agenda.
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
1 matching grant · $150,000 · through 2022Largest: $150,000 to TEWA WOMEN UNITED — provide general operating support to help the organization advance its mission of providing safe spaces where indigenous women can uncover and reclaim the power, strength and skill…
Largest: $104,029 to WESTERN NC HOUSING PARTNERSHIP — wnc housing is one of our key multifamily partners, but possesses less staff capacity than all of their peers.
Largest: $100,000 to STAND TOGETHER TRUST (AKA THE SEMINAR NETWORK TRUST) — to support americans for prosperity foundation, they collaborate with social entrepreneurs who possess a passion and personal expertise in their respective fields, along with a pro…
Largest: $90,000 to NEWARK COMMUNITY STREET TEAM — to support the grantee's work in hosting local networking, awareness and education trainings with partners across the sector on decriminalization of small drug possession in new je…
Exeter HospitalCharlestown, MACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $42,500 · through 2023Largest: $42,500 to AUSTIN17HOUSE — funding will support youth apprentices who attend the a17h, who share an interest in wanting to become a more confident individual, who possess leadership qualities, or who have be…
Largest: $25,000 to LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD — supports up to 23 students who may become part of the texas border region's future workforce, particulary in the wfs service area of hidalgo, starr, and willacy counties. the lead …
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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 →