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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 “revolutionary”
Where the money went
Largest: $5,000 to CAMBRIDGE HISTORICAL SOCIETY — cell phone tour of revolutionary war sites
Donors TrustAlexandria, VACharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $238,500 · through 2023Largest: $200,000 to American Battlefield Trust — to support the americana corner revolutionary war project
Allied Media ProjectsDetroit, MICharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $136,500 · through 2024Largest: $30,000 to GENRE URBAN ARTS LLC — for the revolutionary art criticism residency.
Largest: $145,000 to DR NORMAN SHUMWAY ENDOWED FAMILY OF FUNDS — charitable contribution to support charity's mission to improve patient health through continual scientific innovation, revolutionary operative care, and exemplary surgical educati…
Largest: $125,206 to THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO — the university of chicago is an unparalleled research institution, known throughout the world for its bold pursuit of knowledge, its extraordinary dedication to both graduate and u…
Museum of the American RevolutionPhiladelphia, PACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $299,998 · through 2023Largest: $100,000 to AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY — the revolutionary city collaborative semiquincentennial grant
Boston FoundationBoston, MACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $76,228 · through 2024Largest: $20,727 to Revolutionary Spaces Inc — operating support/annual fund
Alliance of Resident TheatresNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $44,500 · through 2024Largest: $16,500 to Black Revolutionary Theatre Workshop — general operating
Largest: $13,104 to WILLY MUTUNGA — for continued research and writing of a manuscript entitled, is revolutionary transformation possible under transformative constitutions in the global south
Largest: $20,000 to Revolutionary Spaces — support historic preservation
Largest: $50,000 to SAN FRANCISCO MIME TROUPE — creates and produces theater that presents a working-class analysis of the vents that shape our society, expose social and economic injustice, and demands revolutionary change.
Largest: $30,000 to RESTORATIVE RESPONSE BALTIMORE INC — support a revolutionary summer 2021
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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 →