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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 “predatory”
Where the money went
Center for Responsible LendingDurham, NCCharity · may take applications
49 matching grants · $640,000 · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to SaverLife — combat predatory lending
Largest: $813,380 to PROJECT ON PREDATORY STUDENT LENDING INC — to help establish legal protections for college students against predatory lending practices.
Largest: $175,000 to PROJECT ON PREDATORY STUDENT LENDING INC — to strengthen pathways to an affordable, quality college degree by exposing and eliminating the use of online predatory managers and other predatory behaviors in higher education.
Largest: $53,040 to Project on Predatory Student Lending — celebration grant
Largest: $110,000 to CENTER FOR RESPONSIBLE LENDING — support limiting predatory debt in the southeast
Largest: $200,000 to THE NATIONAL PUBLIC HOUSING MUSEUM — core support for history of redlining and the race for profit, to educate visitors on the history of redlining, blockbusting, and predatory lending
Largest: $100,000 to Project On Predatory Student Lending Inc — education & economic mobility
Largest: $75,000 to CHHAYA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION — to organize tenants to stop predatory landlord practices, protect rent stabilization and to promote civic engagement in these growing but under-represented communities, and to adva…
The Ahmanson FoundationBeverly Hills, CA
2 matching grants · $58,500 · through 2022Largest: $29,500 to U C SANTA CRUZ FOUNDATION — ed. and outreach activities of the predatory bird research group, 2023-24
Largest: $25,000 to WILD ENTRUST INTERNATIONAL — entrust botswana predatory study
Largest: $150,000 to PROJECT ON PREDATORY STUDENT LENDING INC — general operating support
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $700,000 · through 2021Largest: $350,000 to Woodstock Institute — support to improve access to services and affordable products that allow low-income families in chicago to maintain financial health. in support of the predatory lending project fo…
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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 →