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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 “scenario”
Where the money went
Largest: $750,000 to NEW VENTURE FUND — core support for the trusted elections fund to prepare for and respond to a variety of high-risk scenarios and crises threatening local and national elections.
California Immigrant Policy CenterLos Angeles, CACharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $439,614 · through 2024Largest: $88,392 to CAIR-LA (COUNCIL ON AMERICAN-ISLAMIC RELATIONS) — council of american-isamic relations - rep4all, oneca, ive and scenario planning.
Largest: $112,500 to PIONEER BAY COMM DEVEL CORP — 80862 interdisciplinary research leaders: using transformative scenario-planning in north port st. joe, fl, to address structural racism in health
Sage BionetworksSeattle, WACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $401,284 · through 2024Largest: $208,563 to University of California Los Angeles — itcr, lead evaluation and testing of new synapse features and their incorporation into multiple challenges, including a lead study of prostate cancer active surveillance. provide s…
Largest: $300,000 to STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE US INC — to support global south climate negotiators through research and development and dissemination of educational materials to stakeholders regarding incorporation of climate justice i…
Largest: $125,000 to COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY — to support academic research to address dynamic disaster scenarios in 3 megacities to enhance urban resilience via data analysis and simulation of hazards/human responses to be sha…
Largest: $745,200 to WONDERSEED FOUNDATION — to partner with freedom house 2.0 to develop four ai coaching scenarios for practicing conflict resolution and job interviewing skills within virtual reality for the workplace
Largest: $50,000 to Charles Pankow Foundation — rga 06-22 assembly live load consistency for buildings - gateway to reducing embedded energy: dating back to the 1800's there have been live load surveys and analyses particularly …
Largest: $625,000 to UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL — to perform experiments and analysis that test the peptide-rna origin-of-life scenario for the evolution of present-day proteins
Largest: $2.0M to Broad Institute Inc — in support of efforts to enhance a game-based simulation of a global pandemic and develop associated educational interventions, including use scenarios that could help mitigate the…
John Templeton FoundationWest Conshohocken, PA
2 matching grants · $516,742 · through 2023Largest: $407,516 to VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL — origins of goal-directedness: formal scenario based on chemical org theory & cybernetics
Largest: $100,000 to CITY THEATRE COMPANY INC — operating support and strategic scenario planning
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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 →