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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 “rico”
Where the money went
Largest: $1.5M to ALIANZA DE MUSEOS DE PUERTO RICO — to support puerto rico afro
Largest: $25,000 to Puerto Rico Sea Grant Inc — support for educational materials under the collaborative agreement with sea grant (university of puerto rico - mayaguez campus) to strengthen environmental and science education i…
Largest: $140,000 to UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO FOUNDATION INC — to support a study of the potential macroeconomic effect of a change in political status in puerto rico
Largest: $250,000 to LIGA DE CIUDADES DE PUERTO RICO — project support for the launch of el lab and la unida to provide an equitable recovery in puerto rico
Fondos Unidos De Puerto Rico Inc & United Way Puerto RicoSan Juan, PRCharity · may take applications
43 matching grants · $2.1M · through 2024Largest: $234,827 to Boys and Girls Club of Puerto Rico Inc — to cover program services of participation agencies
Largest: $1,500 to BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA PUERTO RICO COUNCIL — sponsorship related to the puerto rico council of boy scouts where a council-wide event focusing on scouting activities and fellowship takes place. the puerto rico councils jambore…
Largest: $40,000 to MUSEO DE ARTE DE PUERTO RICO — art museum that promotes the knowledge and appreciation of the isuak arts in puerto rico.
Largest: $1,731 to MARIA MARI-NARVAEZ — to support a research, organizing and public education project to reduce police violence in puerto rico
Largest: $60,000 to Fundacion de Mujeres en Puerto Rico — support for research on the wellbeing of young people and their experiences with education, employment and health in puerto rico
Yale UniversityNew Haven, CTCharity · may take applications
15 matching grants · $2.8M · through 2024Largest: $515,554 to UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO — subaward - sponsored research
Largest: $50,000 to FIDEICOMISO DE CONSERVACION DE PUERTO RICO — puerto rico climate corps
Direct ReliefSanta Barbara, CACharity · may take applications
18 matching grants · $2.2M · through 2024Largest: $300,000 to PATHSTONE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF PUERTO RICO — puerto rico, puerto rico earthquake
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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 →