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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 “sano”
Where the money went
Cardinal Charitable FoundationKirtland Hills, OH
3 matching grants · $5,000 · through 2024Largest: $2,000 to VELO SANO — unrestricted operating funds
Women'S Fund of Greater MilwaukeeMilwaukee, WICharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $30,000 · through 2023Largest: $20,000 to PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF WISCONSIN — cuidandonos creceromos mas sanos (growing healthy together)
Largest: $100,000 to LAND TRUST OF NORTH ALABAMA — funds for the creation ofa paved greenway that will run parallel to bankhead parkway and connect monte sano nature preserver with the monte sano state park.
Direct ReliefSanta Barbara, CACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $375,000 · through 2022Largest: $300,000 to CORPORACION SANOS — abbvie pr infrastructure, equipment, abbvie pr mobile health
Kaiser Foundation HospitalsOakland, CACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $100,000 · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to United Way Of Santa Cruz County — jovenes sanos- healthy youth watsonville
Largest: $35,172 to FUNDACION MUNDO SANO — neglected tropical diseases
East Bay Community FoundationOakland, CACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $25,000 · through 2022Largest: $25,000 to UNITED WAY OF SANTA CRUZ COUNTY — jovenes sanos - healthy youth watsonville
Largest: $5,000 to SEGURO Y SANO - SAFE & SOUND — general & unrestricted
Largest: $10,000 to Westminster Free Clinic — in support of the corazones sanos (healthy hearts) programs
OnerefugeeSalt Lake City, UT
1 matching grant · $3,114 · through 2024Largest: $3,114 to Millenaire Sano - CO Salt Lake Comm — to help with education for refugees from other countries.
Largest: $1,240 to MONTE SANO ELEMENTARY PTA — general operating grants & matching gifts.
Largest: $1,000 to Velo Sano (Cleveland Clinic) — general business
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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 →