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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 “released”
Where the money went
Largest: $235,147 to NEW YORK UNIVERSITY — to support a randomized controlled trial evaluating the effectiveness of extended-release naltrexone on opioid relapse and recidivism in the new york city pre-release jail populati…
The Institute for IntergovernmentalTallahassee, FLCharity · may take applications
52 matching grants · $3.0M · through 2024Largest: $155,820 to COOK COUNTY HEALTH — opioid overdose prevention activities and care programs upon release from incarceration
The Bail ProjectVenice, CACharity · may take applications
34 matching grants · $8.1M · through 2024Largest: $1.6M to LAWNDALE CHRISTIAN LEGAL CENTER — provide bailout and community release supportive services to clients
Ann & Robert H Lurie Children'S Hospital of ChicagoChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
25 matching grants · $150.0M · through 2023Largest: $48.0M to Stanley Manne Children's Research Inst — released from restriction
Great Lakes Colleges AssociationAnn Arbor, MICharity · may take applications
22 matching grants · $914,520 · through 2023Largest: $120,857 to ALLEGHENY COLLEGE — grants to provide campus release time for faculty liaisons plus individual grants to faculty for research &/or teaching
Largest: $332,973 to LOST WOMEN OF SCIENCE INITIATIVE INC — to research, produce, and release three seasons of lost women of science for a total of 20 podcast episodes telling in-depth stories of overlooked women in stem throughout history
Largest: $7,000 to WILDLIFE REHABILITATION & RELEASE — $10,000 for food, veterinarians, medical supplies, medicines for sick and injured wildlife in care.$3,951 for pre-release caging desperately needed.
Largest: $175,000 to TIDES FOUNDATION — to support the life after release fund over four years
Community Foundation ofSidney, OHCharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $320,104 · through 2024Largest: $128,570 to RAISE THE ROOF FOR ARTS — release of assets
Acts Legacy FoundationFort Washington, PACharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $15.9M · through 2024Largest: $8.3M to ACTS RETIREMENT-LIFE COMMUNITIES INC — release of contributions received for supported organizations
Largest: $20,000 to CASCADE RAPTOR CENTER — general operations grant for sanctuary for north american raptor species, hospital for rehabilitation to release back into the wild, aviaries for injured birds that cannot be relea…
Largest: $150,875 to ST CLAIRE HEALTHCARE — to provide support to implement the first day forward program with men and women incarcerated for misdemeanor charges who self-identify as having substance use disorder. pathways p…
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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 →