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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 “prism”
Where the money went
Largest: $25,000 to PRISM QUARTET INC — special projects
Largest: $125,000 to PRISM — 81215 producing thoughtful and accurate journalism affirming the value of all children, families, and family structures
United Way of Greater Milwaukee &Milwaukee, WICharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $545,500 · through 2024Largest: $200,500 to PRISM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION — donor designations
United Way of Metropolitan DallasDallas, TXCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $2.7M · through 2024Largest: $1.1M to PRISM HEALTH NORTH TEXAS — program ops cost
Nellie Mae Education FoundationQuincy, MACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $162,000 · through 2024Largest: $62,000 to PRISM — prism core support for education programming '23
Borealis PhilanthropyMinneapolis, MNCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $160,000 · through 2024Largest: $60,000 to PRISM REPORTS — to support the work of prism reports, inc.
The Shoreland FoundationLloyd Harbor, NY
2 matching grants · $3.3M · through 2025Largest: $1.9M to ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY — annual fund, prism, charitable fundraising events and fellowship
Largest: $34,642 to PRESENCING INSTITUTE — the prism project
Musical Fund Society of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, PACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $23,430 · through 2024Largest: $6,000 to PRISM QUARTET INC — prism quartet institue
Amalgamated Charitable FoundationWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $1.5M · through 2024Largest: $533,500 to PRISM REPORTS INC — general operating support
Largest: $499,438 to PRISMS OF REALITY INC — k-12 education
Largest: $200,000 to PRISM REPORTS INC — core support for reporting and narrative-changing initiatives that would aim to disrupt the ideas and beliefs that hold back low-income workers.
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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 →