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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 “proposal”
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Arkansas Community FoundationLittle Rock, ARCharity · may take applications
125 matching grants · $3.3M · through 2024Largest: $15,000 to WINROCK SOLUTIONS - 204 E 4TH ST ATTN LUCY JODLOWSKA NORTH LITTLE ROCK — to provide support to the arkansas food systems fellowship program outlined in the 2022 access to local foods proposal
Largest: $325,000 to Purdue University — as one-time funding for the research project, "understanding and reimagining us beliefs about militarism," as part of a request for proposals (rfp) on reimagining multilateralism a…
Largest: $56,250 to Regents of the University of California — in support of the collaborative project 'metabolic pools: where are they, who's using them, and can we?' as proposed at the 2019 scialog: chemical machinery of the cell ii conferen…
Largest: $354,133 to VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER — research proposal - "investigation of biological samples and related data about lipedema"
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
51 matching grants · $4.9M · through 2022Largest: $1.2M to Ann & Robert H Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago Foundation — $700,000 for the access for every child fund and $300,000 to help establish an early stage clinical trials unit as outlined in dr. shanley's may 2022 proposal, general operating su…
Women'S Foundation of MinnesotaMinneapolis, MNCharity · may take applications
42 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2024Largest: $40,000 to Centro Tyrone Guzman — general operating support to advance work and mission as it aligns with the rest up awards; general operating support to advance your work and mission as outlined in submitted prop…
Largest: $110,000 to URBAN INSTITUTE — to support modeling the distributional impact of the revenue and benefit changes proposed in social security solvency proposals from candidates for the 2020 presidential election.
Largest: $112,488 to Suwannee River Area Health Education Center — this proposal is to support suwannee river area health education center as the fiscal sponsor for floridians for dental access (flda), to advocate for the passage of dental therapy…
South Haven Community FoundationSouth Haven, MICharity · may take applications
34 matching grants · $346,090 · through 2025Largest: $37,700 to BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK — project proposal
The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS FoundationLos Angeles, CACharity · may take applications
23 matching grants · $492,010 · through 2025Largest: $25,010 to PACTA INC — restricted to support the submitted proposal for the 2025 emergency grant cycle.
Allied Media ProjectsDetroit, MICharity · may take applications
26 matching grants · $710,000 · through 2022Largest: $70,000 to WE THE PEOPLE MI — will implement the advancing detroit's "right relationship aesthetic project as detailed in the accepted grant proposal, and will support a network of cultural organizers to develo…
Largest: $80,000 to FELLOWSHIPS AT AUSCHWITZ FOR THE STUDY OF PROFESSI — in support of fellowships at auschwitz for its core religious leadership fellowship program and development of new case studies, as described in its grant proposal.
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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 →