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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 “publishing”
Where the money went
Largest: $16,250 to SAMANTHA CULP — to support the research and writing of what was the future? to be published by crown publishing
Largest: $240,000 to LOCAL INDEPENDENT ONLINE NEWS PUBLISHERS INC — to host a first-of-its-kind event for independent news publishers that will share tools, resources, and best practices for operationalizing sustainability. lion, news revenue huban…
Largest: $1.2M to TERNER HOUSING INNOVATION LABS INC — to support (1) the scaling of grantee's housing supply simulator tool to new states and municipalities to assist policymakers and researchers in determining the market effects of i…
Local Media FoundationLake City, MICharity · may take applications
34 matching grants · $2.5M · through 2024Largest: $394,720 to THE COLUMBIAN PUBLISHING COMPANY — stipends for journalism projects and technology upgrades for digital journalism
Largest: $25,000 to ANOTHER GAZE — for an international feminist film journal to publish criticism by women and non-binary people, another screen open-access streaming platform for films by women, and another gaze e…
Largest: $2.7M to TNTP Inc — to advance community-driven educational change in catalytic communities and to research and publish a national report to identify the practices in schools that change students' aca…
Largest: $750,375 to PUBLIC LIBRARY OF SCIENCE — 81910 researching new publishing models anchored in open science principles for improved transparency, equity, and accessibility
HereturnsWinchester, KY
38 matching grants · $757,751 · through 2025Largest: $128,220 to Light of Life Publishing — equipment for religious publishing
Maine Community FoundationEllsworth, MECharity · may take applications
17 matching grants · $580,560 · through 2024Largest: $18,920 to Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance — printing & publishing
Largest: $400,000 to NEW VENTURE FUND — for the open education program at the scholarly publishing and academic resources coalition
The Miami FoundationMiami, FLCharity · may take applications
16 matching grants · $820,838 · through 2024Largest: $135,434 to KNOCK PUBLISHING COMPANY — program support
Largest: $250,000 to THE ASIA SOCIETY — to support the grantee's online platform to research and publish a well-informed and vibrant conversation on u.s.-china relations in order to educate the public and decrease anti-a…
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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 →