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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 “race”
Where the money went
Largest: $220,000 to CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA — to promote the general welfare of the poor or needy inhabitants of escambia county, alabama and escambia county, florida without regard to race, creed or color.
Largest: $400,000 to THIRD SECTOR NEW ENGLAND INC — core support for building movement project's (bmp) race to lead research agenda, and continuation of bmps race equity assessment to support culture change in nonprofit organization…
Largest: $300,000 to POVERTY & RACE RESEARCH ACTION COUNCIL — 80622 general operating support for the poverty & race research action council, 2023-2025
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
42 matching grants · $12.9M · through 2024Largest: $400,000 to GREENWOOD RISING INC — enhance the readiness of students and youth to shape community visioning and problem-solving efforts, anchored in principles of racial equity and healing, by supporting youth race …
Largest: $2.5M to CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK — to support the further development of black, race, and ethnic studies across the cuny system
Largest: $15,000 to The Regents of the University of California — 2022 spencer mentor award: a convening on a movement in critical race thought and critical race hope in higher education
Largest: $325,000 to INSTITUTE FOR WOMENS POLICY RESEARCH — the purpose of this grant is to support the institute for womens policy research (iwpr) to expand their infrastructure and capacity to inform systems change and long-term economic …
American Quarter Horse AssociationAmarillo, TXCharity · may take applications
30 matching grants · $3.3M · through 2022Largest: $139,248 to SAM HOUSTON RACE PARK — racing challenge
Largest: $100,000 to THE NEW SCHOOL — institute on race, power and political economy - california health: to support health and racial equity research and public engagement efforts in collaboration with community-based…
Women'S Foundation of CaliforniaOakland, CACharity · may take applications
28 matching grants · $2.7M · through 2023Largest: $590,000 to New Venture Fund — to advance a community of practice that promotes race, gender and reproductive justice
The Schott Foundation for PublicCambridge, MACharity · may take applications
29 matching grants · $1.2M · through 2023Largest: $25,000 to RACE FORWARD — to support work seeking to resist politically motivated attacks on critical race theory in order to advance an honest, accurate, and fully funded public education for a justice pri…
Largest: $897,200 to NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES — to develop and publish a study that will help inform norms about the use of race and ethnicity in biomedical research and suggest implementation strategies to enhance the adoption …
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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 →