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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 “reversal”
Where the money went
World Resources InstituteWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
74 matching grants · $26.0M · through 2023Largest: $4.2M to UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND — reverse rapid degradation of ecosystems
Largest: $187,500 to MSD of Warren Township — college matters: reversing the trend implementation grant
Largest: $211,667 to UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA — understanding and reversing large protein underproduction in fragile x-associated disorders
Youthbuild GlobalRoxbury, MACharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $467,274 · through 2024Largest: $287,393 to YOUTHBUILD LAKE COUNTY — reversal of gts accrual
Largest: $494,544 to National WIC Assn — 76077 addressing gaps in efforts to reverse caselo
Largest: $250,000 to CONSULTATIVE GROUP ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY (DBA BIODIVERSITY FUNDERS GROUP) — to support the development of a new collaborative philanthropic effort aimed at arresting and reversing biodiversity loss in the united states
Largest: $110,000 to COSMOSPHERE — funds forr the stem experiences (reverse field trip)
United Way of New York CityNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $470,000 · through 2024Largest: $200,000 to LEAD BY EXAMPLE & REVERSE THE TREND INC — the atlas innovation fund (the fund) is a body of work associated with our larger mayors office of neighborhood safety (ons) partnership to bolster safe and connected communities t…
Largest: $425,000 to DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE — to provide support for the wildlife defense and restoration act; protecting wildlife now and preparing to reverse damage done to them and their habitats. support for the red wolf r…
Largest: $350,000 to TANDEM — to support interventions that reverse discouraging conditions by opening up spaces for independent practices of cultural expressions and narrative discourses within a shrinking civ…
Largest: $20,000 to NUCLEAR AGE PEACE FOUNDATION — reverse the trend: general support
Largest: $150,000 to WEILL MED COLLEGE OF CORNELL U — to identify regulators of lineage reversion that impact resistance to wnt-targeted therapies in colorectal cancer.
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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 →