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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 “privileges”
Where the money went
Largest: $50,000 to FRIENDS OF THE LA FREE CLINIC — to support new medical technologies and ensuring that medical care is a right for all and not a privilege
Largest: $231,964 to THE DAVID AND TRACEY FRANKEL FDN — under-privileged children education
Largest: $1.6M to WESTLAKE EDUCATION FOUNDATION USA I — to provide support for activities such as school infrastructure construction, academic exchange research,student training, and salary rewards and subsidies for teachers, staffs, an…
Kapadia Family FoundationSan Francisco, CA
9 matching grants · $47,550 · through 2025Largest: $11,000 to Ramakrishna Sarada Mission Khonsa Dirang — grant paid to resident school with the middle school and high school levels for over 400 under privileged tribal girls.
Largest: $250,000 to Boys Girls Clubs of Oakland — provide assistance to under-privileged students
Largest: $55,694 to GH-MATHEWSON FAMILY FUND — funds distributed to donor-advised funds held by public charities qualified under section 170(b)(1)(a) . funds designated for ultimate distribution to qualifying public charities w…
Largest: $398,225 to BNY MELLON CHARITABLE GIFT FUND — donor advised funds with disqualified person advisory privileges
Largest: $56,000 to AMERICAN GASTROENTEROLOGY ASSOCIATION — young guts scholar programs to help under privileged students in the gi medicine field.
Largest: $15,000 to SAN MIGUEL ACADEMY — middle school for under privileged boys
Largest: $100,000 to FIDELITY CHARITABLE — donor advised funds with disqualified person advisory privileges
Largest: $142,300 to NORTHWELL HEALTH — employees are led by esteemed senior leaders for a common goal--to raise the standard of health care for all. we're a network of collaborators, research pioneers, entrepreneurs and…
Largest: $7,000 to YMCA Central San Jose — after school and summer programs for local under-privileged youth
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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 →