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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 “racism”
Where the money went
Largest: $615,401 to UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA — 80558 launching the center for antiracism research's measuring racism data portal and training research scholars in the field of measuring structural racism
Largest: $200,000 to PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE — core support for the ash center for democratic governance and innovation's institutional anti-racism and accountability project for research and public policy to promote anti-racis…
Largest: $10,000 to CSA SAN DIEGO COUNTY — dismantling racism by engaging critical race parentscholars - health: to support efforts to dismantle racism within the education system and provide students with a safe, nurturing…
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
33 matching grants · $10.0M · through 2022Largest: $200,000 to INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE ON RACE EQUALITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS — advance the anti-racist agenda in mexico, by equipping civil society organizations with tools to recognize racism and its effects to promote justice for equitable environments, whi…
Largest: $400,000 to EUROPEAN NETWORK AGAINST RACISM (ENAR) AISBL — to provide general support
Asian American Coalition for ChildrenNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
17 matching grants · $1.7M · through 2023Largest: $490,000 to EDUCATIONAL ALLIANCE INC — funding for holistic programs to address anti-asian hate, bias and racism ("equity")
Largest: $50,000 to University of North Texas — resistance or racism? unpacking critical race theory bans in a sociopolitical era of anti-racism
California Healthcare FoundationOakland, CACharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $4.2M · through 2023Largest: $880,521 to RAND CORPORATION — primary care investment coordinating group - rand. connected care accelerator data collection extension.impact of racism on patient safety: the providers' role. considerations and …
Largest: $110,000 to SALVATION AND SOCIAL JUSTICE — to advance a policy agenda that promotes integrated, inclusive schools and works to remedy systemic racism in public education.
Largest: $169,976 to Regents of the University of Minnesota — a qualitative research study of structural and institutional racism in health care for black birthing people
Largest: $200,000 to NEW VENTURE FUND — this grant will provide support to illuminative to strengthen their narrative and culture change efforts. illuminative works to build power for native peoples to fight systemic rac…
Largest: $200,000 to INSTITUTO AMMA PSIQUE E NEGRITUDE — to support the grantees work on research, and associated advocacy on the relationship - historically and currently between anti-black racism in the context of the war on drugs, and…
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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 →