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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 “problems”
Where the money went
Largest: $482,046 to UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO — revisiting the turbulence problem using statistical mechanics: theoretical studies on transitional and turbulent flows
Digital Promise GlobalWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
105 matching grants · $14.1M · through 2024Largest: $822,000 to HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT — to provide teachers and students in u.s. middle/high schools with always-available access to technology and empowers them to be content creators, adept problem-solvers, and respons…
Largest: $49,000 to VISION WEST ND INC — vision west nd is a consortium of leaders across many sectors in western north dakota, focused on economic sustainability for rural communities impacted by the oil industry. the co…
National Council On Problem GamblingWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
24 matching grants · $886,250 · through 2024Largest: $40,000 to CADCA — to develop a problem gambling prevention toolkit to support nationwide problem gambling prevention efforts.
Largest: $362,500 to PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE — core support to the center for labor and a just economy program at harvard law school for research, teaching and creative problem solving related to the world of work and its impli…
Largest: $446,852 to CORNELL UNIVERSITY — to support investigation of outstanding problems in quantum materials, including the strong correlation problem and quantum dynamics of many-body hamiltonians by creation of voltag…
Friends of Recovery CafeSeattle, WACharity · may take applications
18 matching grants · $547,463 · through 2024Largest: $80,000 to RC Bellingham - Chuckanut Hea — rc network supp & problem gambling
Largest: $998,532 to HARVARD UNIVERSITY — 80249 gun policy research: uncovering fundamental information on the problem of gun violence, with a focus on how policies affect black americans
Largest: $226,331 to OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY — for unsolved problems in astrophysics - bridging theory and observations of the stellar life cycle
Largest: $188,342 to ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION — to support the research, development, and launch of how to fix the internet, an in-depth podcast about the problems of the modern web geared towards a lay audience
Maine Technology InstitutePortland, MECharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $545,685 · through 2023Largest: $30,000 to Radiolife Co — radiolife is developing its flagship medical device, cube scan, to sell to healthcare providers and diagnostic laboratories. the problem with current diagnostic technology and syst…
Largest: $75,000 to LOS ANGELES BROTHERHOOD CRUSADE - BLACK UNITED FUND INC — under its energy efficiencies and sustainability banner, brotherhood crusade looks to empower youth to lead the charge in establishing more environmntally-friendly schools and neig…
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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 →