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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 “quasi”
Where the money went
Largest: $392,174 to RAND CORPORATION — to conduct a quasi-experimental study to estimate the impact of small area fair market rents (safmrs), a place-based policy that give families more rental support if they reside in…
Foundations in FaithNorwalk, CTCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $195,500 · through 2024Largest: $136,000 to Our Lady of Good Counsel Quasi Parish Bridgeport — program support
Largest: $135,660 to COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY — using permanent magnets for near perfect quasi-symmetry in a stellarator
Largest: $200,000 to SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL — a quasi-endowment fund to be used for the purpose of developing philanthropic and public investments in social and behavioral science aimed at addressing pressing societal challeng…
Internet Society FoundationFredericksburg, VACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $50.0M · through 2023Largest: $50.0M to CONNECTED GIVING FOUNDATION — quasi-endowment
Seattle Repertory TheatreSeattle, WACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $1.1M · through 2024Largest: $1.1M to SEATTLE REPERTORY THEATER FOUNDATION — quasi endowment funds
Largest: $6,500 to Duke University — $1,500 pratt annual fund school of engineering, $5,000 to pratt school of engineering - webb quasi fund
Largest: $250,000 to UNR Foundation — field house quasi endowment
Greater Cedar Rapids CommunityCedar Rapids, IACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $21,038 · through 2023Largest: $21,038 to UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA FOUNDATION — general support, other: uni jpec quasi endowment fund, general support: student teacher scholarships, program support: lewis bottoms project
The Community Foundation forJacksonville, FLCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $40,000 · through 2024Largest: $40,000 to PINE CASTLE INC — evergreen legacy society (quasi endowed fund for long-term sustainablility)
Largest: $80,840 to HARVARD UNIVERSITY — unstable and unpredictable work schedules and child development: descriptive and quasi-experimental evidence
International Center for ResponsibleBeverly, MACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $34,500 · through 2022Largest: $34,500 to RUTGERS UNIVERSITY — online gambling and death by suicide: a quasi-experimental approach to gambling policy impacts
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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 →