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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 “probate”
Where the money went
Largest: $125,000 to GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY — support probation transformation through the development and operation of a certificate program on transforming juvenile probation
Largest: $164,484 to UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING — to study policy interventions to deliver better outcomes for people on probation, their families and their communities.
Rubin Family FoundationConshohocken, PA
4 matching grants · $3.5M · through 2025Largest: $2.0M to CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM FOUNDATION — to support transforming probation and parole by changing laws, systems & culture
Largest: $56,500 to YASMINE ARRINGTON — to educate the public and produce a pilot and short-series visual podcast that will include interviews and debates with black and brown youth voices on issues and solutions to crim…
Bridgeway ServicesSouthgate, MICharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $4.0M · through 2024Largest: $1.4M to THE GUIDANCE CENTER — community programs to assist juvenile probation youth and at-risk youth in wayne county
Community Foundation of Warren CountyWarren, PACharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $85,203 · through 2024Largest: $18,784 to Warren County Probation Association — designated charity, recipient of donor advised grants.
Largest: $200,000 to RENAISSANCE YOUTH CENTER — project support for the music programming of a community-based youth development organization in bronx, new york and partnership with department of probation to provide music progr…
Berrien-Cass-Vanburen WorkforceBenton Harbor, MICharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $941,193 · through 2024Largest: $457,925 to KALAMAZOO PROBATION ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM — employment & training
Dickson-Allen FoundationHallettsville, TX
5 matching grants · $50,000 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to LAVACA COUNTY JUVENILE PROBATION DEPARTMENT — unrestricted operating funds
Cancer TrustWichita Falls, TXCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $5.2M · through 2023Largest: $5.0M to American Cancer Society Probate & Trust Management — fund american cancer society, probate & trust management
Largest: $300,000 to NATIONAL CENTER FOR YOUTH LAW — to support compassionate systems (formerly fostered), a campaign of the national center for youth law (ncyl) to advance educational equity for youth experiencing homelessness, in f…
Largest: $150,000 to UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — grant extension of children's data network probation and child welfare record linkage and analysis
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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 →