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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 “requested”
Where the money went
Largest: $4.2M to AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION INC — program funding request
The Community Foundation for the GreaterAlbany, NYCharity · may take applications
200 matching grants · $3.8M · through 2024Largest: $51,000 to EMPIRE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — grants requested by donor and approved by cfgcr: for immediate use scholarships
Largest: $130,000 to GILLWELL FOUNDATION — unsolicated request for funds
The Whas Crusade for ChildrenLouisville, KYCharity · may take applications
183 matching grants · $6.2M · through 2023Largest: $10,000 to KENTUCKIANA CENTER FOR EDUCATION HEALTH AND RESEARCH INCKENTUCKIANA CHILDR — total award $10,000 - ($7,000 for salaries for pediatric chiropractor, and $3,000 for craniosacral therapist) no funding for the registered dietician and licensed massage therapist…
Largest: $779,306 to BUFFALO SEMINARY — available upon request
Community Foundation of North TexasFort Worth, TXCharity · may take applications
94 matching grants · $2.3M · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL — for operating costs towards evening of hope and research for finding cures for childhood cancer as requested by micky segal - no benefits
Largest: $325,000 to Purdue University — as one-time funding for the research project, "understanding and reimagining us beliefs about militarism," as part of a request for proposals (rfp) on reimagining multilateralism a…
Akhoury FoundationLongboat Key, FL
69 matching grants · $624,900 · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to GYAN INC — charitable request
Honorable Order of Kentucky ColonelsLouisville, KYCharity · may take applications
76 matching grants · $503,468 · through 2024Largest: $12,750 to Harbor House of Louisville — items for art and health/wellness studios as requested. funds can also be shifted to be used to fund some of music studio items requested
Largest: $52,738 to YES PREP PUBLIC SCHOOLS — charitable request
Largest: $1,000 to PEOPLE REACHING OUT TO PEOPLE INC (PROP) — prop requests funding to help support our summer food for kids (sffk) program. 100% of the requested funds will be used to purchase nutritious foods to distribute to low-income chi…
Maryland State Education AssociationAnnapolis, MDCharity · may take applications
51 matching grants · $1.3M · through 2024Largest: $134,352 to PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY EDUCATORS' ASSOCIATION — membership, innovative membership, regulatory compliance, public advocacy, special request, field service
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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 →