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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 “salaries”
Where the money went
The Whas Crusade for ChildrenLouisville, KYCharity · may take applications
152 matching grants · $3.3M · through 2023Largest: $27,000 to FAMILY & CHILDREN'S PLACE — $27,000 for forensic pediatrician salary, medical assistant salary, 2 family therapist salaries, child welfare specialist, and case manager salary. there is a lot of concern for co…
Koch FoundationGainesville, FL
90 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2024Largest: $20,000 to MISSIONARY SERVANTS OF THE MOST BLESSED TRINITY — to support the salary of a woman religious serving in parish ministries
Jobs for America'S Graduates TennesseeNashville, TNCharity · may take applications
55 matching grants · $2.6M · through 2024Largest: $138,083 to BEDFORD COUNTY SUPERINTENDANT OF SCHOOLS — provide payment for salaries of job specialists
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
35 matching grants · $21.1M · through 2022Largest: $2.0M to University of Utah — support for red butte garden and arboretum as follows:1.a minimum of $25,000 for maintenance and upkeep of the water conservation garden,2.support for school programs manager salar…
Largest: $30,000 to IDAHO BOTANICAL GARDENS INC — not to be used for wages and salaries
Largest: $54,000 to LIFT UP THE VULNERABLE — toward teacher salary expenses to provide high school education for vulnerable youth, at risk to human trafficking and oppression in warzones in sudan and south sudan.
Council for LifeDallas, TXCharity · may take applications
34 matching grants · $1.4M · through 2025Largest: $73,000 to PRESTONWOOD PREGNANCY CENTER — sonographer salary
Largest: $189,907 to chestnut mountain ranch — salary grant, banquet sponsorship
Largest: $35,000 to MUTHUSAMY EDUCATIONAL TRUST — for staff salaries and student scholarships at school for impoverished children
Upper Manhattan Empowerment ZoneNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
28 matching grants · $811,250 · through 2022Largest: $50,000 to HARLEM STAGE — covid-19 pandemic grant to support implementation of strategic plan, salary, &non-personnel expense
Largest: $640,000 to BOSTON HARBOR NOW INC — salary support
George S and Dolores DoreSalt Lake City, UT
25 matching grants · $375,000 · through 2024Largest: $40,000 to UTAH LEGAL SERVICES — to support staff salaries for those providing legal assistance statewide to victims of domestic violence or trafficking
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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 →