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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 “postsecondary”
Where the money went
Largest: $300,000 to POSTSECONDARY NATIONAL POLICY INSTITUTE — k-12 education; postsecondary education; public awareness and analysis
Kipp FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
47 matching grants · $77.5M · through 2023Largest: $3.0M to KIPP TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS — academic one kipp initiatives, postsecondary career pathways, student recruitment support, executive director support, postsecondary readiness support, postsecondary gpa data infra…
Ascendium Education SolutionsMadison, WICharity · may take applications
48 matching grants · $51.7M · through 2024Largest: $3.3M to AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES — grant, assessing quality and equitable access and outcomes of distance postsecondary courses for the incarcerated grant, rural research support partner grant, advancing postseconda…
Largest: $10,000 to NATIONAL POSTSECONDARY STRATEGY INSTITUTE — to support the national postsecondary strategy institute (npsi) to expand its college readiness programming, establish partnerships in florida, and develop its communications strat…
National College Attainment NetworkWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
62 matching grants · $1.0M · through 2024Largest: $37,397 to ONWARD WE LEARN — catalyzing postsecondary pathways support at scale & strengthening postsecondary transitions for students with learning differences
Largest: $300,000 to UnidosUS — to support research, policy analysis, and non-partisan advocacy in support of efforts to increase postsecondary attainment and quality for latino students in postsecondary educatio…
Largest: $250,000 to EMERGE Fellowship — postsecondary pathways: postsecondary readiness initiatives
Largest: $1.2M to OZARKS TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE — to provide postsecondary advising for student in select high schools across missouri and for management of the mpai initiative serving students across the state of missouri.
Largest: $15.6M to KANSAS CITY SCHOLARS INC — support for scholarships, financial incentives and services to promote college savings for low- and modest-income students and adults needing support to pursue and complete a posts…
Largest: $120,125 to NATIONAL POSTSECONDARY STRATEGY INSTITUTE — to support the texas district postsecondary fellowship network.
The Washington STEM CenterSeattle, WACharity · may take applications
25 matching grants · $562,198 · through 2023Largest: $75,000 to WEST SOUND STEM NETWORK — highschool to postsecondary project
Largest: $500,000 to Bellwether Education Partners — for the postsecondary pipeline big idea and a research project on the impact of covid
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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 →