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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 “relay”
Where the money went
Largest: $25,000 to AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY- RELAY FOR LIFE — relay support, research, education, and advocacy
Largest: $101,250 to RELAY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION — relay connecticut
New LeadersNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $3.1M · through 2023Largest: $705,500 to RELAY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION — new leadership relay partnership with the new york city department of education
Largest: $8,000 to RELAY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION — 2022-24 relay teacher pipeline student support
Largest: $770,394 to RELAY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION — hollyhock humanities fellowship
Largest: $350,000 to RELAY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION — relay ct teacher diversity, training, and certification support
Largest: $40,000 to AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY — to relay for life of charles river- the boston hope lodge
Largest: $250,000 to RELAY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION — general operating support
Largest: $300,000 to (349) RELAY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION — education: to continue to support follow the leaders
Largest: $49,500 to RELAY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION — relay partnership
Largest: $20,580 to Relay Graduate School of Education — to expand relay graduate school of education into the dallas-fort worth region.
Greater Douglas United WayRoseburg, ORCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $154,983 · through 2024Largest: $55,463 to RELAY FOR LIFE - AMERICAN CANCER SO — campaign program
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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 →