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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 “reliance”
Where the money went
Doterra Healing Hands FoundationPleasant Grove, UTCharity · may take applications
60 matching grants · $1.4M · through 2024Largest: $200,335 to Rising Star Outreach — self-reliance
Largest: $1.3M to INSTITUTE FOR LOCAL SELF-RELIANCE — core support for the athena coalition to improve anti-monopoly protections, build the power of workers and improve working conditions.
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
21 matching grants · $5.2M · through 2024Largest: $350,000 to National League of Cities Institute Inc — to support municipal leadership on improving public safety and reducing over-reliance on jail incarceration.
Permanent Endowment Fund ofGalveston, TXCharity · may take applications
10 matching grants · $457,500 · through 2024Largest: $90,000 to Galveston County Continuum of Care Council — self-reliance & resiliency services
In God We Trust FoundationDaytona Beach, FLCharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $568,500 · through 2025Largest: $250,000 to SUPPORT OUR TROOPS — education fostering self reliance and stability in florida's children
Conrad N Hilton FoundationWestlake Village, CA
6 matching grants · $3.4M · through 2024Largest: $250,000 to WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS — to inform united states and global refugee policy and programming through research and stakeholder convenings focused on the impact of refugee participation mechanisms and best pra…
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
7 matching grants · $2.3M · through 2022Largest: $1.1M to NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC — enable the anchor organization to achieve its mission of assisting african-american and other underserved urban residents in securing economic self-reliance, parity, power and civi…
Largest: $100,000 to Tides Foundation — to support a just transition from reliance on fossil fuels to a sustainable economy and an equitable society
Largest: $200,000 to STARTING OVER INC — general operating support: to support an organization that assists formerly incarcerated and systems-impacted low-income men, women and children in need of housing in riverside and…
Largest: $800,000 to INSTITUTE FOR LOCAL SELF RELIANCE INC — working towards a resilient and equitable food system, encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels, ocean stewardship and research
Largest: $75,000 to INSTITUTE FOR LOCAL SELF-RELIANCE — support for work to challenge concentrated corporate power
Tides FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $865,000 · through 2024Largest: $290,000 to INSTITUTE FOR LOCAL SELF RELIANCE INC — healthy individuals and communities
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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 →