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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 “possibilities”
Where the money went
Community Foundation of the Napa ValleyNapa, CACharity · may take applications
59 matching grants · $2.2M · through 2024Largest: $18,000 to AMADOR COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — for the amador promise fund specifically for education including college scholarships and the high school avid program. this grant was made possible by the generosity of larry turl…
Abbvie FoundationNorth Chicago, IL
36 matching grants · $19.7M · through 2025Largest: $2.1M to Points of Light Foundation — week of possibilities 2023 volunteer projects implementation and week of possibilities volunteer for 2024
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
27 matching grants · $4.6M · through 2023Largest: $38,500 to Case Western Reserve University — case school of engineering dean's fund - biomedical engineering focus if possible, general operating support for the school of law, cwru school of medicine catalytic fund, college …
The Whas Crusade for ChildrenLouisville, KYCharity · may take applications
18 matching grants · $501,174 · through 2023Largest: $21,100 to ASBURY UNIVERSITY — $21,100.00 for scholarships for students seeking special education certification -- preference is to award students enrolled in the master's program, if possible. we are grateful f…
Largest: $100,000 to College Possible — college possible chicago high school programming 2023-2025
Largest: $120,780 to CLEVELAND ST U FDN — 78168 studying middle neighborhoods in the industrial midwest as possible opportunity-rich locations for increasing housing affordability and stability
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
17 matching grants · $3.5M · through 2024Largest: $350,000 to POSSIBILITY LABS — provide general operating support to help the organization advance its mission of racial, gender, and climate justice by accelerating community-driven solutions that are built, led…
The Community Foundation forJacksonville, FLCharity · may take applications
15 matching grants · $791,500 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to INSTITUTE FOR ETHNOMEDICINE INC DBA BRAIN CHEMISTRY LABS — to be used as recommended by dr. paul cox and approved by the board in support of further research of possible causes and potential solutions for diseases of the brain, including b…
Largest: $230,000 to THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY — core support for the school of advanced international studies to continue building a u.s. china policy forum to exchange ideas about possible futures
Largest: $802,165 to AH DATALYTICS — to build and develop the real-time crime index ("rtci"), an infrastructure for regularly collecting data from hundreds of law enforcement agencies and creating a publicly accessibl…
Largest: $5,000 to JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF CENTRAL CAROLINAS CAROLINAS INC — changing the lives of young people at junior achievement we believe in "possible." each day, we work to help young people discover what's possible in their lives. we do this by hel…
Seattle FoundationSeattle, WACharity · may take applications
11 matching grants · $403,583 · through 2024Largest: $11,750 to COLLEGE POSSIBLE — to support college possible washington for students attending and graduates of garfield hs
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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 →