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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 “regard”
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Planned Parenthood Federation of AmericaNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
460 matching grants · $706.4M · through 2024Largest: $20.1M to PP GLOBAL INC — to support programs regarding reproductive health
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: $340,000 to NEW YORK CITY CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCY — to evaluate the impact of new york state bail reform in regards to studying failure to appear.
Largest: $150,000 to UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA — for the djokosoetono research center to develop a database and conduct research and dialog with multistakeholders regarding social and environmental impacts of foreign investment i…
Largest: $100,000 to CLIMATE JOBS NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTER — to conduct research and prepare and broadly disseminate a report regarding institutional investors transitioning to clean-energy investing and host convenings and facilitate collab…
Largest: $80,483 to THE TREVOR PROJECT — to support address and raise awareness of issues regarding mental health and other social causes
Largest: $2.5M to THE LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE — to enable research and education regarding the economics of the clean energy transition
Largest: $375,000 to SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PROJECT — to inform health-protective policies and decision making regarding public health impacts
Calyx InstituteBrooklyn, NYCharity · may take applications
10 matching grants · $172,500 · through 2023Largest: $65,000 to Demand Progress Education Fund Inc — research and education regarding surveillance and constitutional rights.
Action NowHouston, TXCharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $1.4M · through 2025Largest: $85,000 to STAND FOR CHILDREN INC — to support grantee's issue and educational advocacy in colorado regarding eliminating fees related to healthcare access and administrative costs, refining legal procedures for low-…
Largest: $150,000 to SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS INC — support to identify people who have been impacted by and build awareness regarding the inequities of the adoption and safe families act
Largest: $10,000 to REDBUD RESOURCE GROUP — promoting native american power and health via land restoration: to support media case studies regarding positive land-back events with tribes across california to demonstrate how …
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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 →