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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 “reducing”
Where the money went
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
289 matching grants · $137.9M · through 2024Largest: $850,000 to W Haywood Burns Institute — to provide technical assistance to local jurisdictions on reducing racial and ethnic disparities as a part of their efforts to safely reduce jail misuse and overuse under the safet…
Largest: $1.0M to FWDUS EDUCATION FUND INC — to support policy analysis, advocacy, and education work to safely reduce prison terms, recidivism, and the incarcerated population, reduce racial disparities in the criminal justi…
Latino Economic Development CorporationWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
207 matching grants · $2.1M · through 2022Largest: $60,000 to CONGRESS HEIGHTS COMMUNITY TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT CORP — reducing food waste
Unity of Greater New OrleansNew Orleans, LACharity · may take applications
110 matching grants · $78.4M · through 2024Largest: $5.6M to START CORPORATION — to coordinate parterships to reduce, end and prevent homelessness.
Altamed Health Services CorporationLos Angeles, CACharity · may take applications
129 matching grants · $4.9M · through 2024Largest: $1.0M to COALITION TO PROTECT ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE — reduced health disparity in underserved communities.
Largest: $765,666 to TEXAS U OF HLT SCI CTR AT HOUSTON PUB HL — 74155 establishing a north america research hub to evaluate and accelerate spread of the cities changing diabetes initiative to reduce type 2 diabetes
Largest: $10,000 to RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF NM — reduce your use grants
Largest: $264,864 to GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY — reducing structural barriers in a school-based system of food assistance to reduce inequality in food security and child outcomes
The Institute for IntergovernmentalTallahassee, FLCharity · may take applications
108 matching grants · $17.3M · through 2024Largest: $549,013 to RENO COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT — preventing and reducing overdose deaths associated with opioids
Largest: $40,000 to FEEDING SOUTH DAKOTA — program support to reduce hunger
Everytown for Gun Safety Support FundNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
94 matching grants · $7.3M · through 2024Largest: $162,000 to EMORY UNIVERSITY — community gun violence prevention grant to organizations working to reduce gun violence in their communities & injury prevention research
Largest: $700,000 to HOPEWELL FUND — one time core support to over zero for research, training, tools and support for grassroots partners to prevent, reduce and respond to political violence
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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 →