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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 “report”
Where the money went
The Groundtruth ProjectBoston, MACharity · may take applications
337 matching grants · $6.2M · through 2024Largest: $34,696 to FORT WORTH REPORT — to host newsrooms to support report for america corps members
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
102 matching grants · $19.4M · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press — in support of the reporters committee for freedom of the press' freedom of the press awards 2023
Largest: $162,511 to MOREHOUSE COLLEGE — core support for the ida b. wells society to increase the ranks, retention and profile of reporters of color in the field of investigative reporting
Largest: $40,000 to INVESTIGATIVE REPORTERS AND EDITORS INC — to provide fellowships in investigative reporting in honor of jeff german, a las vegas review-journal reporter murdered in 2022 by a public official he was investigating.
Largest: $250,000 to CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING — 80275 supporting the center for investigative reporting in providing the american people with equal access to reliable, relevant, and trustworthy reporting
Largest: $50,000 to KQED INC — promoting community health through improved law enforcement reporting: to advance community health and healing by supporting the building and management of a public database of cal…
Pro PublicaNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
73 matching grants · $4.2M · through 2024Largest: $194,900 to CITY REPORT INC — participation in local reporting network initiative and pass through sub-grant payment based on grant agreement
Largest: $280,000 to Stichting Global Reporting Initiative — to accelerate adoption of gri's agriculture, aquaculture and fishing standard, a cross-sectoral sustainability reporting standard for companies to measure, manage and disclose thei…
Largest: $100,000 to CARDIFF UNIVERSITY — to advocate for greater used of registered reports, a publishing format designed to eliminate a variety of questionable research practices, while allowing flexibility to report une…
Largest: $15,000 to Meriden-Wallingford Community Foundation Inc — record-journal latino communities reporting lab health equity reporting project
Association of Public HealthBethesda, MDCharity · may take applications
26 matching grants · $2.6M · through 2024Largest: $57,720 to UNIVERSITY OF IOWA — the subrecipient will implement electronic laboratory reporting (elr) capabilities to be able to report results for all laboratory response network for biological threats (lrn-b) t…
Largest: $50,000 to GROUNDTRUTH PROJECT INC — to assist in supporting technical.ly with a dedicated reporter in pittsburgh who will deliver daily beat reporting on economic growth, workforce, stem and entrepreneurship opportun…
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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 →