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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 “prepares”
Where the money went
Largest: $50,000 to THE NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST — to support the new york city workforce funders efforts to identify gaps in workforce development, provide services to help job seekers build skills that will prepare them for susta…
Meb Alliance for Educator DiversityPeachtree City, GACharity · may take applications
49 matching grants · $6.0M · through 2024Largest: $1.5M to MURSION INC — to strengthen teacher preparation at msis by improving the teaching and learning conditions for all candidates, increasing capacity of the msi to implement a sustainable process of…
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
37 matching grants · $30.1M · through 2023Largest: $150,120 to NATIONAL INDIAN EDUCATION ASSOCIATION — support the development of the native teacher preparation model through partnership with teacher preparation programs focused on culture-based teaching practices while diversifying…
Alameda County Deputy Sheriffs'Ashland, CACharity · may take applications
46 matching grants · $5.3M · through 2021Largest: $217,200 to SULEIMEN HAJIZI DBA BLUE DISH CAFE AND CA — meal preparation for social services meal vendor program
Largest: $20,577 to Teachers College Columbia University — to produce a report that comprehensively reviews the literature on equity-centered leadership, and will articulate a racially and culturally responsive approach and employ it to pr…
Largest: $4.6M to EWING MARION KAUFFMAN SCHOOL INC — support for the kauffman school's continued operations and lease during the 2024-25 school year to manage and operate a charter school that prepares students for academic success l…
Largest: $526,200 to Reform Alliance Inc — to continue partnering with the arkansas department of education in the implementation of the succeed scholarship, prepare for other school choice programs in the pipeline, and exp…
Largest: $11,000 to SOUTHWEST AUTISM RESEARCH AND RESOURCE CENTER — to help disabled persons prepare for employment.
Largest: $5,000 to JVS SoCal — jvs socal's youth innovation centers (yics), formerly called the youth services division, were designed with today's youth in mind and increase access to steam career exploration a…
Connect HumanitySan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
26 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2024Largest: $292,500 to GENERATION WEST VIRGINIA — engage 18 communities across west virginia in generating connectivity plans in preparation for applications to funding programs.
Largest: $231,500 to HOSANNA HOUSE INC — to support strategic site control efforts of hosanna house as they prepare a two block area of wilkinsburg for redevelopment
Largest: $8.0M to Kettering University — to support the ongoing operations of a higher education university that prepares students for in-demand fields and contributes to the economic stability of its hometown.
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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 →