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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 “probono”
Where the money went
Largest: $502,928 to PROBONO NET AND OTHERS — provide services to those in need;listtotal 9998
Largest: $57,221 to NYPACE- NEW YORK PROFESSIONAL ADVISORS — to support probono services to entrepreneurs in underserved communities
Largest: $100,000 to BEIJING PROBONO FOUNDATION — to strengthen the philanthropy asset management forum platform, conduct research on investment by foundations and other charitable organizations and strengthen professional volunte…
Largest: $80,000 to ProBono Org NPC — to support and strengthen community advice offices in the gauteng province of south africa.
Largest: $100,000 to THE WOMEN'S PROBONO INITIATIVE — research and legal support to ensure reproductive rights in uganda
Largest: $10,000 to COGAP — provide probono guardianship services to central oregonians with limited means
Largest: $7,500 to PROBONO PARTNERSHIP (CT) — support for the probono legal services to the comm
Largest: $112,000 to PROBONO PARTNERS — funding supports general operations and programming.
Largest: $35,000 to FRIENDS OF COMPASS INC — general operating support to provide probono support and board matching services to d.c. based grant recipents of the ceres foundation
Largest: $2,625 to Rene Yearwood — probono trustee services
Largest: $2,500 to PROBONO NETWORK — unrestricted charitable donation
Largest: $1,000 to PROBONO COUNSELING PROJECT (ON BEHALF OF MATT BOLYARD) — unrestricted grant
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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 →