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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 “rising”
Where the money went
Largest: $150,000 to RISE UP 365 — to support the operations of rise up 365 youth engagement center
The San Francisco FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
42 matching grants · $9.4M · through 2024Largest: $660,000 to COMMUNITY INITIATIVES — program - to support the multicultural fellowship alumni investment fund. program - to support affordable housing advocacy. program - to support one day at a time. program - for ge…
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
45 matching grants · $40.0M · through 2023Largest: $713,000 to Metroplitan Planning Council — support of annual event (no tickets or tangible benefits). support for climate resilience initiative, general operating support. in support of the co-creation, facilitation and man…
Tides FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
45 matching grants · $6.3M · through 2024Largest: $799,600 to FLORIDA RISING TOGETHER INC — equity, human rights, and economic empowerment
East Bay Community FoundationOakland, CACharity · may take applications
36 matching grants · $2.8M · through 2024Largest: $118,195 to CENTER FOR EMPOWERED POLITICS — general support - fbo: bay rising action, general support fbo: oakland rising action, voter engagement on local ballot measures fbo: oakland rising ballot committee (fppc #1455486)
University of Chicago Medical CenterChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
52 matching grants · $522,553 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to MEN ON THE RISE — southland rise rapid cycle grant to prevent violence
Largest: $895,000 to COMMON COUNSEL FOUNDATION — core support for the native voices rising collaborative for research, donor education, re-granting, and capacity-building in american indian, alaska native, and native hawaiian com…
Largest: $100,000 to LIFT TO RISE — program/operating support
Amalgamated Charitable FoundationWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
27 matching grants · $12.8M · through 2024Largest: $8.9M to WAY TO RISE — general operating support
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of ColoradoOakland, CACharity · may take applications
29 matching grants · $3.7M · through 2024Largest: $298,500 to Boulder Valley School District Re-2 — expanding rise to support teachers, staff and pare
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
26 matching grants · $4.7M · through 2024Largest: $325,000 to RISE COLORADO — enable the organization to achieve its mission of educating, engaging, and empowering low-income families and families of color to rise as change agents for educational equity in t…
Young Mens Christian Association of San FranciscoSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
26 matching grants · $2.7M · through 2024Largest: $214,302 to YMCA OF NEWARK AND VICINITY — reach and rise
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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 →