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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 “potential”
Where the money went
Largest: $15,000 to JACK STILLINGTON- DR CLAIRE TREMAIN — the purpose of the dr. claire tremaine & george mentas scholarship is to provide financial assistance to high school students who demonstrate merit, potential and financial need an…
Largest: $277,500 to UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SYSTEM OFFICE — to develop, implement, and research innovative program approval and renewal policies to serve as potential models to increase the return-on-investment of higher education.
Homefree USALandover, MDCharity · may take applications
87 matching grants · $22.8M · through 2023Largest: $7.1M to NATL ASIAN AMERICAN COALITION — property purchased for renovation and sale to low and moderate income potential homeowners.
Largest: $1.1M to THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY — to ensure that policymakers recognize the potential for aquatic foods to contribute to net-zero, climate-resilient food systems and the steps they can take to act on this potential…
Largest: $141,667 to DREXEL U — 79095 studying impacts of paid maternity and paternity leave policies on health outcomes in latin america and their potential for the united states
Climateworks FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
26 matching grants · $7.0M · through 2024Largest: $1.5M to WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE — to support the transition to a sustainable aviation sector ($400,000); to support responsible carbon removal and restore the climate ($300,000); the global transition to clean tran…
Largest: $485,000 to PEKING UNIVERSITY — for the institute of new structural economics to further develop the international research initiative to realize the potential of public development banks and development financin…
Largest: $802,780 to AMIKIDS INC DBA AMIKIDS TAMPA — since 1971, amikids tampa has been dedicated to helping kids discover the potential within them, transform their lives and strengthen our community. located in tampa, florida, amik…
Tiny Blue DotWest Hollywood, CA
12 matching grants · $7.9M · through 2024Largest: $126,382 to National Central University — recipient of the 2023 science of perception box rfp: support neuroscientific research that is using brain studies and stimulation to understand and potentially alter how emotions a…
Largest: $100.0M to RF CATALYTIC CAPITAL INC — toward the costs of launching and operationalizing its efforts to harness the full potential of green energy to create a more sustainable and equitable world
Largest: $587,237 to GOODWILL INDUSTRIES — to provide autism services which encompass providing certain services, which shall include but are not limited to, any of the following: advancing education and public interest in …
Largest: $524,768 to SEATTLE UNIVERSITY — to assess experimentally how researcher degrees of freedom influence and potentially distort the publication, interpretation, and reliability of empirical literature
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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 →