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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 “predevelopment”
Where the money went
Ohio Community Development Finance FundColumbus, OHCharity · may take applications
44 matching grants · $1.3M · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to COLUMBUS HOUSING PARTNERSHIP — predevelopment
Enterprise Community Loan FundColumbia, MDCharity · may take applications
62 matching grants · $8.2M · through 2024Largest: $354,265 to AWA HOLDINGS LLC — for capacity building for predevelopment costs for bipoc developers.
Greater Minnesota Housing FundSt Paul, MNCharity · may take applications
16 matching grants · $591,500 · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to DIVINE KONNECTIONS INC — predevelopment costs for development of affordable owner occupied duplex at 2008-20016 w 4th st in duluth
Largest: $500,000 to RISING TIDE PARTNERS — to generate a capitalization plan, implement early phases of the plan, and support predevelopment efforts on affordable housing preservation and development in homewood and hazelwo…
Princeton Community HousingPrinceton, NJCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2024Largest: $508,465 to PRINCETON COMMUNITY VILLAGE ASSOCIATES — affordable housing -predevelopment
Largest: $1.5M to CATHOLIC CHARITIES HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORP — to support the creation of an internal predevelopment revolving fund that will increase this organization's pipeline of affordable housing projects.
Largest: $1.2M to REINVESTMENT FUND — 81333 offering planning and predevelopment funding for innovative community-informed, -owned, and -led sustainable healthy-food retail in new jersey
Communities of Concern CommissionSeattle, WACharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $109,501 · through 2024Largest: $54,001 to Asia Pacific Cultural Center — predevelopment costs
Cleveland Development AdvisorsCleveland, OHCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $130,600 · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to BridgePort Group LLC — grantee ownership was participant in the inaugural cleveland emerging developer initiative cohort and had 1st place winning project and received the grant to be utilized for predev…
Largest: $450,000 to LOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION — to provide training, coaching, and predevelopment support for faith-based organizations to build affordable housing in san francisco and oakland
Largest: $125,000 to City of Bloomington — for predevelopment work including a feasibility demand and viability assessment for a new city-led small business development center that would support and uplift small business ac…
Leonard & Beryl Buck FoundationSaint Louis, MOCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2024Largest: $1.0M to HABITAT FOR HUMANITY GREATER SAN FRANCISCO INC — predevelopment process for workforce housing in novato
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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 →