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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 “rewarding”
Where the money went
Largest: $3,500 to JACOB PFARR CO VIRGINIA TECH UNIVER — partial college scholarship rewarded to eligible high school football players in western pennsylvania.partial college scholarship rewarded to eligible high school football players …
Largest: $8,971 to MRIDU CHANDRA — congressional research reward
Largest: $12.0M to AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION — funding partner for nike corporate match giving and volunteer rewards program
Largest: $22,500 to ACHIEVEMENT REWARDS FOR COLLEGE SCIENTISTS-DENVER — to provide science and technology scholarships
Largest: $1.6M to WESTLAKE EDUCATION FOUNDATION USA I — to provide support for activities such as school infrastructure construction, academic exchange research,student training, and salary rewards and subsidies for teachers, staffs, an…
Largest: $7,000 to WEST RANCH PAC — to recognize and reward exemplary work and to encourage higher education
Largest: $813,800 to TEACHERS AND STUDENTS ARE PROVIDED — full-time teachers employed by the sumner county or mulvane city school districts are eligible to receive a $500 teacher reward card to purchase supplies for the classroom and elig…
Largest: $171,313 to THE AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION - REDEEMED REWARDS — redeemed rewards
Marin Community FoundationNovato, CACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $100,000 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to ACHIEVEMENT REWARDS FOR COLLEGE SCIENTISTS FOUNDATION INC — scholar awards fund
Largest: $5,450 to ACHIEVEMENT REWARDS FOR COLLEGE SCIENTISTS FDN — scholarship fund and dues
New York City Police FoundationNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $1.3M · through 2024Largest: $351,221 to NYPD INTELLIGENCE DIVISION-GUN STOP PROGRAM — the gun stop program pays anonymous rewards to civilian who provide information to the nypd* leading to the seizure of illegal firearms.
Largest: $157,250 to VOLUNTEER REWARDS — donations for employee
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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 →