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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 “regulatory”
Where the money went
Maryland State Education AssociationAnnapolis, MDCharity · may take applications
117 matching grants · $4.4M · through 2024Largest: $368,882 to MONTGOMERY COUNTY EDUCATION ASSOCIATION — early career educator grants, field service grant, innovative membership grant, membership grant, other grants, professional, development & training grant, regulatory compliance gr…
SourceamericaVienna, VACharity · may take applications
105 matching grants · $2.1M · through 2024Largest: $186,039 to DAWN ENTERPRISES INC — regulatory compliance grant, strategic investment grant
Insurance Fraud Bureau of MassachusettsBoston, MACharity · may take applications
40 matching grants · $2.1M · through 2025Largest: $92,500 to Suffolk County District Attorney — regulatory funding
Largest: $1.2M to BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL — identification and impact of somatic mutations in regulatory regions in autism brain
Largest: $250,000 to (198) ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INC — climate: to support edf's clean energy regulatory work in new england and at the federal energy regulatory commission
Largest: $348,550 to NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER — to (i) develop a comprehensive overview of the present landscape of social media advertising trends, regulatory activity, and key stakeholders' reactions to prescription drug marke…
Largest: $45,174 to NORTHEASTERN U — 77756 studying public-sector administrative, regulatory, and procurement practices to help achieve successful alignment of health care and social services
Largest: $1.2M to THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER — a map of the intestine following regulatory t cell infusion into patients with active crohns disease at single-cell and spatial resolution
Largest: $75,000 to Regulatory Assistance Project — to advance clean energy policies in midwest states by providing technical assistance and leveraging city engagement
Largest: $800,000 to REGULATORY ASSISTANCE PROJECT — for general operating support
Largest: $65,000 to MICHIGAN'S CHILDREN — for general operating support. michigan's children will bolster the public policy research advocacy capacity of mental health services providers, and youth and families who receive…
Largest: $115,075 to SOUTH AFRICAN HEALTH PRODUCTS REGULATORY AUTHORITY (SAHPRA) — research and learning opportunities
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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 →