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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 “realization”
Where the money went
Largest: $3.8M to INATURALIST — to enable inaturalist to realize its potential as a global scientific and conservation sensor by 2030, harnessing data from its user community and optimizing advances in machine le…
Seattle FoundationSeattle, WACharity · may take applications
15 matching grants · $612,865 · through 2024Largest: $194,115 to REALIZE IMPACT — to support adasina social capital.
Largest: $200,500 to Realize Impact - Power to Hydrogen — research innovative electrolysis technology to produce clean hydrogen from renewable energy sources
Largest: $5,000 to Duke University — contributing to and supporting higher education agenda aligns with our foundation's purpose statement of "together, we fulfill our purposes by helping people realize their dreams, …
Largest: $227,700 to ELECTRONIC PRIVACY INFORMATION CENTER — 81969 studying the impacts of health privacy policy in efforts to realize more robust and equitable health data privacy protections beyond hipaa
Largest: $85,137 to MANAGEMENT LEADERSHIP OF TOMORROW — equips and emboldens high-achieving individuals from underrepresented communitiesblack, latinx, and native americanto realize their full potential, to make a mark, and make a diffe…
Largest: $485,000 to PEKING UNIVERSITY — for the institute of new structural economics to further develop the international research initiative to realize the potential of public development banks and development financin…
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
8 matching grants · $1.4M · through 2024Largest: $341,600 to WINROCK INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT — strengthen collective leadership capacity and catalyze collaboration across communities to accelerate the realization of equitable food systems that generate good food, health, and…
Largest: $700,000 to HOPE BUILDERS CAREER CONNECTION — hope builders empowers orange county's young adults with mentorship, life skills and job skills training that meets the needs of employers. this worthy goal reflects an unwavering …
Largest: $14,445 to Self-Realization Fellowship — for foster a spirit of greater understanding and goodwill among the diverse people and nations of the global family and help those of all cultures and creeds to realize and express…
Largest: $15,000 to DIA ART FOUNDATION — to support the organization's mission which is committed to advancing, realizing, and preserving the vision of artists. dia fulfills its mission by commissioning single artist proj…
Largest: $450,000 to COMMUNITIES FIRST INC — project support to aid families with realizing multigenerational family social economic success in detroit
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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 →