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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 “primarily”
Where the money went
Largest: $125,000 to WESTERN STATES CENTER INC — support operations, build people-centered movements, and develop leaders to achieve racial, gender, and economic justice within primarily communities of color statewide
Largest: $2.1M to UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO — primarily for the benefit of the usf scholars program and to provide funding for academics.
The Community Foundation ofLouisville, KYCharity · may take applications
13 matching grants · $644,590 · through 2024Largest: $101,479 to PILLAR — p73 group home (long-term primarily assisted living)
The Community Foundation of LouisvilleLouisville, KYCharity · may take applications
15 matching grants · $747,997 · through 2024Largest: $200,000 to ST JOSEPH CHILDREN'S HOME — p73 group home (long-term primarily assisted living)
Stupski FoundationSan Francisco, CA
8 matching grants · $1.7M · through 2024Largest: $302,500 to Vision y Compromiso — to support the creation of a community-based serious illness program for primarily spanish-speaking latino communities in alameda and san francisco counties.
Largest: $300,000 to SANTA CRUZ COMMUNITY VENTURES — for core operating support for worker cooperative-grounded efforts to strengthen the economic wellbeing of primarily working-class, latino immigrants in santa cruz, monterey, and s…
The Stanley & JoyceBeverly Hills, CA
6 matching grants · $94,600 · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to CONCERN FOUNDATION — to support and provide critical funding to post-doctoral cancer researchers focused primarily on cancer genetics, cell biology to advance essential cancer immunology research condu…
Largest: $225,000 to THE INSTITUTE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN JAFFA INC — to support a comprehensive program serving older adults, primarily holocaust survivors, to help them remain independent and maintain a high quality of life.
The Lenfest Institute for JournalismPhiladelphia, PACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $22.8M · through 2024Largest: $7.8M to THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER — the institute is supporting the inquirers transition from a traditional printed newspaper to an economically sustainable, primarily digital, equitable news enterprise. a series of …
Largest: $4.7M to The Nora Eccles Treadwell Foundation — primarily in support of medical research and organizations performing medical research
Largest: $300,000 to AMY WELLNESS FOUNDATION — this project is part of the home repair funding umbrella grant opportunity in which legacy foundations, including amy wellness foundation, may receive funding that will be distribu…
The Monroe County Bar AssociationStroudsburg, PACharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $650,000 · through 2025Largest: $150,000 to MONROE COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION — support for nonprofit organizations primarily benefiting residents of monroe county, pennsylvania.
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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 →