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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 “principal”
Where the money went
The McKnight Endowment Fund for NeuroscienceMinneapolis, MN
123 matching grants · $9.7M · through 2024Largest: $110,310 to Northwestern University — funds transferred from van andel. regulation mechanism of thermosensitive receptors in nervous system. principal investigator: juan du, ph.d.
Largest: $325,238 to Vanderbilt University — to support a study that will examine the extent to which school districts that participated in the principal pipeline learning community have made progress toward planning and desi…
Earthwatch InstituteNewton, MACharity · may take applications
31 matching grants · $1.7M · through 2023Largest: $175,120 to MOTE MARINE LABORATORY — principal investigators
Kipp FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
19 matching grants · $26.1M · through 2023Largest: $296,609 to MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH INC — principal pipeline & development-evaluation study
Largest: $71,234 to NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY (PRINCIPAL STUDY) — program support to develop and pilot a transformational principal learning model for early grades leadership in north carolina.
Largest: $319,000 to PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY — support the evidence2success process evaluation and principal investigator (pi) activities
Largest: $13,000 to STARK ELEMENTARY — principal discretionary fund and media grant
Community Fdn of Greater Des MoinesDes Moines, IACharity · may take applications
10 matching grants · $514,700 · through 2024Largest: $175,000 to GOLF CHARITABLE FOUNDATION OF GREATER DES MOINES — grant distribution principal charity classic - birdies for charity: des moines metro opera
Largest: $751,419 to UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION — prostate cancer research project: principal investigator, mildred acevedo-duncan.
AhbaNew York, NY
3 matching grants · $764,109 · through 2024Largest: $207,761 to LEGACY HERITAGE PROGRAMMING XIV LLC - HARVARD PRINCIPALS PROGRAM — to provide principals the opportunity to enhance their own abilities, to improve their schools' quality, and to advance their schools' religious and educational missions. the year-…
Largest: $50,000 to NEW LEADERS — to support the aspiring principals pathway program which prepares teacher leaders, assistant principals, and other school administrators to become equity-driven, highly qualified p…
Largest: $125,000 to CHICAGO PUBLIC EDUCATION FUND — for its professional learning supports for cps principals
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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 →