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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 “russian”
Where the money went
Largest: $750,000 to American Councils for International Education Inc — for support to displaced and at-risk ukrainian and russian scholars
Ivan V Koulaieff FoundationSan Francisco, CA
10 matching grants · $1.9M · through 2025Largest: $202,000 to RUSSIAN HISTORY FOUNDATION — preservation of historical records
US Russia Foundation for EconomicWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $572,199 · through 2025Largest: $125,000 to RUSSIAN AMERICAN SCIENCE ASSOCIATION — public support
Largest: $10,000 to SYNOD OF BISHOPS OF THE RUSSIAN CHURCH OUTSIDE OF — russian ecclesiastical mission
Largest: $25,000 to RUSSIAN NOBILITY ASSOCIATION IN AMERICA INC — provide food, shelter and medical treatment for disadvantaged people in russia, europe, south america and the us. provide direct aid to orphanges, the indigent elderly, and people …
Largest: $1,250 to RUSSIAN RIVER ROTARY FOUNDATION — educationscholarships
Largest: $50,000 to RUSSIAN-AMERICAN SCIENCE ASSOCIATION — russian american scholars in the pursuit of progress and human rights
Community Based Education &Los Angeles, CACharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $1.8M · through 2024Largest: $480,000 to CHABAD LUBAVITCH RUSSIAN SYNAGOGUE — social services to immigrant community
Largest: $138,507 to russian heritage foundation — to encourage interest in and understanding of russian heritage among all communities in the us,as well as to promote reciprocal interest in and understanding of american heritage a…
Largest: $8,000 to RUSSIAN RIVERKEEPER — technology training
Sonoma County Community FoundationSanta Rosa, CACharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $418,000 · through 2024Largest: $122,500 to WEST COUNTY HEALTH CENTERS INC — in support of women's reproductive health care, for the russian river health & wellness center
Largest: $75,000 to American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox — ministry related donation
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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 →