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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 “retain”
Where the money went
Alabama Partnership for ChildrenMontgomery, ALCharity · may take applications
757 matching grants · $69.9M · through 2024Largest: $836,898 to TKJ BY HIS GRACE MINISTRIES INC DBA BY HIS GRACE DAYCARE & LEARNING CENTER — to assist in attracting and retaining a qualified and skilled workforce
Latino Economic Development CorporationWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
62 matching grants · $5.1M · through 2022Largest: $330,736 to V-TECH SOLUTIONS INC — retain and grow small businesses
Illinois Association of Community ActionSpringfield, ILCharity · may take applications
49 matching grants · $8.3M · through 2024Largest: $665,092 to EMBARRAS RIVER BASIN AGENCY — subsidized rent payments for individuals with income under 30% of the average medium income, provide services to tanf eligible individuals to aid in seeking or retaining employment
East Denver Colfax PartnershipDenver, COCharity · may take applications
40 matching grants · $562,500 · through 2025Largest: $15,000 to MARIA EMPANADA COLFAX — rent or mortgage payments (excluding taxes), utilities and insurance payroll, benefits, or incentives (e.g., bonuses) to hire and retain workers
Largest: $176,000 to YALE UNIVERSITY — fund to retain clinical scientists at yale school of medicine
Largest: $7.5M to DUKE UNIVERSITY — to continue to strengthen dukes capacity and reputation in the sciences by recruiting and retaining outstanding faculty for the university.
RippleworksSan Francisco, CA
12 matching grants · $5.5M · through 2024Largest: $500,000 to FOREST CARBON PTE LTD — to enable the grantee to recruit and retain human capital for the performance of services exclusively in furtherance of charitable purposes.
East Bay Community FoundationOakland, CACharity · may take applications
16 matching grants · $351,358 · through 2022Largest: $36,000 to QCC- THE CENTER FOR LESBIAN GAY BISEXUAL TRANSGENDER ART & CULTURE — dazie grego-sykes and the commissioning of the changer and the changed, but qcc-the center for lesbian gay bisexual transgender art & culture retains legal discretion and control, …
Ncasi FoundationCary, NCCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $3.2M · through 2024Largest: $865,862 to NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR AIR AND STREAM IMPROVEMENT INC — retained structures forestry experiment (manipulating retained structures to improve wildlife value),technical work to improve the science and risk assessment processes in national…
Largest: $506,000 to ALLEGHENY CONFERENCE ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT — to support regional efforts to retain startup businesses, attract and support remote workers, and retain college graduates
Variety of Eastern TennesseeKnoxville, TNCharity · may take applications
15 matching grants · $74,500 · through 2024Largest: $7,000 to COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE-NORTHEAST TN(CASA) — funding to support to train and retain volunteer advocates.
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
11 matching grants · $2.0M · through 2022Largest: $299,999 to NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC — to provide technical assistance to low income communities desiring to retain existing or have new small businesses that provide goods, services, and creation of new jobs in their n…
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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 →