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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 “predominant”
Where the money went
Largest: $55,000 to Childrens Hospital — to further the predominent exempt organization function of the recipient organization
Largest: $12,000 to LOYOLA ACADEMY — provide assistance to those in need-predominantly those of the catholic faith
Largest: $215,009 to The University of Texas at Austin — do campus contexts make black women faculty sick? a national study of black women academics health outcomes at historically black and predominantly white postsecondary institutions
Largest: $100,000 to DUKE UNIVERSITY — core support for the exhibition and accompanying catalogue spirit in the land, that examines urgent ecological concerns through a cultural lens, featuring voices of predominantly f…
Largest: $43,305 to RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK — to fund a low-cost randomized controlled trial of accelerate, compete, and engage, a program that provides academic, personal, and financial supports to predominantly low-income, f…
Largest: $750,000 to FOODLINK FOR TULARE COUNTY INC — central valley agroecology network - promoting healthy food systems: to support development of a network of regenerative farms that provide healthy, local and sustainable produce t…
Largest: $83,000 to HOME OF HOPE FOR GIRLS — offers a safe residence to children and teens who have survived abusive situations, predominantly linked to child sex trafficking
Largest: $50,000 to Miami Workers Center — miami workers center organizes and mobilizes working-class families, predominately black and brown immigrant women-headed households in miami dade to build the power and capacity o…
Largest: $249,788 to SECOND NATURE INC — to assist scholars from predominantly undergraduate institutions, community colleges, and minority serving institutions in applying for federal energy and environment research fund…
The Pittsburgh FoundationPittsburgh, PACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $48,400 · through 2024Largest: $16,900 to HISTORICALLY & PREDOMINANTLY BLACK & UNIV HOSP MGMT CONSORT — adult education
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
4 matching grants · $340,000 · through 2022Largest: $175,000 to SPROUT NOLA — expand existing supply chains utilizing cold storage and distribution for under-resourced communities and increase the number of farmers and producers to provide healthy food acces…
Largest: $25,000 to AVANCE-AUSTIN INC — to create pathways to economic mobility for predominantly latino families through high-quality, culturally responsive, two-generation programming.
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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 →