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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 “rely”
Where the money went
Honorable Order of Kentucky ColonelsLouisville, KYCharity · may take applications
16 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2022Largest: $250,000 to Kentucky Habitat for Humanity — western kentucky tornado relied
Maine Technology InstitutePortland, MECharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2023Largest: $30,000 to Radiolife Co — radiolife is developing its flagship medical device, cube scan, to sell to healthcare providers and diagnostic laboratories. the problem with current diagnostic technology and syst…
Largest: $1.6M to FRIEDRICH-ALEXANDER-UNIVERSITY ERLANGEN-NUREMBERG — in support of research to develop a new imaging approach that relies on shaped electrons to extract entirely new information from a sample - namely coherence properties.
Largest: $512,500 to OHSU FOUNDATION — expand & sustain program, rely program, and deposit to doris & mark storms endowment
Largest: $20,000 to SAMARITAN'S PURSE US DISASTER RELIE — fund victims of hurricane helena
Largest: $50,000 to SOUTH COAST BOTANIC GARDEN — to help ensure a bright future for the garden, enlightening school children, families and seniors who rely on and visit the 87 acres every day.
Largest: $200,000 to RAND CORPORATION — support to build a dataset to answer questions about the challenges that newer, smaller businesses face, the supports they rely on, and the ways in which solutions can be more effe…
Largest: $250,000 to BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP LIMITED — to support investigative journalism efforts that rely on evidence-based policy findings to improve healthcare delivery systems.
Community Foundation forNatick, MACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $44,500 · through 2023Largest: $25,000 to LOVIN' SPOONFULS — 2023 mw hunger relie
Largest: $5,000 to MARY HEALTH OF THE SICK HOSPITAL — to help defray the cost of quality care for patients relying on insufficient government subsidies.
Largest: $5,000 to CHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK — to provide the best care for kids, children's hospitals rely on donations and community support
Largest: $50,000 to DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS — general support funding allows for our rapid response to all types of emergencies - which are increasingly compounded by the covid-19 pandemic, conflict, and climate change. we are…
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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 →

