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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 “recently”
Where the money went
United Way of New York CityNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
42 matching grants · $7.8M · through 2024Largest: $2.3M to EMPASS MEDICAL SERVICES PA — preventative access care program-uwnyc recently established a partnership with mobile health provider vip starnetwork and the new york state department of health to create pop-up p…
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
25 matching grants · $21.5M · through 2022Largest: $241,000 to Syrian American Medical Society Foundation — general operating support, support for earthquake relief and recovery efforts, support for turkish and syrian earthquake recovery, support for medical care for victims of the recen…
Largest: $60,000 to THE UNION FOR REFORM JUDAISM — to support a major initiative focused on antisemitism which builds upon a recent partnership with the adl.
Largest: $447,890 to MINNESOTA JUSTICE RESEARCH CENTER — to support implementation of the recently-passed, omnibus supervision bill in minnesota, providing guidance and expertise to agency leaders, and monitoring implementation issues; f…
Largest: $35,000 to PT PARTNERS — to support the work of trusted messengers to provide reliable information to their communities about the availability of husky health coverage for children who are undocumented, as…
Largest: $250,000 to Georgetown University — to support futureed, an independent think tank at georgetown university's mccourt school of public policy, to research, write, and publish a series of essays that will examine how …
Largest: $289,902 to SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY — to capitalize on a meaningful window of policy opportunity, created by two recent rand reports and a new u.s. congress, to advance evidence-based policies that impact the most pres…
Archewell FoundationBeverly Hills, CACharity · may take applications
12 matching grants · $330,000 · through 2024Largest: $27,500 to MOZAIC — to build community for recently resettled women through the welcome project
Largest: $199,787 to REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA — in support of a study to determine the extent of the ecological impact on the california pelagic food web of a recently rediscovered barrel field on the ocean floor filled with ddt…
St Louis Community FoundationSt Louis, MOCharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $2.4M · through 2024Largest: $2.2M to MUNICIPAL THEATRE ASSOCIATION OF ST LOUIS - MUNY — payment against the jsm charitable trust commitment dated november 16, 2017, for the munys second century campaign, in support of the john legend concert held recently, general sup…
Largest: $75,000 to THE JEWISH BOARD OF FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES — renewed funding for a large nyc social service agency to support a social work residency program that entices recently graduated social workers to remain at the agency to serve dis…
Largest: $200,000 to EDUCATION AS A VACCINE AGAINST AIDS INC — core support for liberation alliance africa to recenter narratives and indigenous knowledge production to prevent and respond to violence against women and girls
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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 →