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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 “producer”
Where the money went
Largest: $550,000 to CODE FOR SCIENCE AND SOCIETY — core support to the distributed artificial intelligence research institute to produce interdisciplinary ai research by and for the benefit of marginalized communities
Largest: $400,000 to ASPIRATION — to support the ai now institute in their work on artificial intelligence accountability to ensure that all artificial intelligence is sensitive and responsive to the people who bea…
Largest: $679,021 to ECONOMIC POL INST — 79538 producing original research to disrupt structural racism's cycle of economic hardship impacting low-income children and families of color
Largest: $400,000 to NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES — to produce a second consensus study report on the societal and equity dimensions of deep decarbonization and establish a multisectoral deep decarbonization forum to disseminate fin…
Largest: $500,000 to THE PEW CHARITABLE TRUSTS — to provide general support for pew research center's journalism and media program to produce new research and insights on news consumption and beliefs in the digital age.
Largest: $220,000 to WHOLESOME WAVE INC — for use by its national produce prescription collaborative toward the costs of an effort to expand produce prescription programs in the u.s. as prevention and intervention for diet…
Largest: $551,403 to EMORY UNIVERSITY — to explore the pros and cons of computational simulation in clinical trials, using ai/ml methods to produce simulated controls at either the aggregate or the individual level, to m…
Informing America FoundationWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
31 matching grants · $12.7M · through 2024Largest: $1.7M to INSTITUTE FOR CITIZEN FOCUSED SERVICE — produce media to focus on public-interest policy
Video VeracityNew Orleans, LACharity · may take applications
36 matching grants · $2.1M · through 2024Largest: $294,000 to RISK MASTER LP — produce documentary film.
Largest: $37,000 to GOD'S PANTRY FOOD BANK — use funding to purchase over 115,000 pounds of fresh produce for distribution through free summer produce markets (produce drops) at partner pantry and meal program sites across th…
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
29 matching grants · $7.3M · through 2024Largest: $255,312 to NEW VENTURE FUND — engage vulnerable workers in self-advocacy to improve their working conditions by developing the digital infrastructure needed for decentralized engagement and peer support; and pr…
Iaaaa Education InstituteIndianapolis, INCharity · may take applications
33 matching grants · $2.0M · through 2024Largest: $393,878 to CICOA Aging & In-Home Solutions — senior medicare patrol funding & produce for better health program
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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 →