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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 “seeks”
Where the money went
PbhpNew York, NY
69 matching grants · $2.0M · through 2024Largest: $173,800 to AMERICAN JEWISH UNIVERSITY — funding to support the college's post-graduate studies program for students seeking to obtain a masters degree in jewish education or jewish communal service.
Largest: $400,000 to PROTEUS FUND INC — core support for the prevention collaborative, a network of activists, practitioners and researchers seeking to re-imagine prevention by using evidence-based approaches to preventi…
The Mind TrustIndianapolis, INCharity · may take applications
55 matching grants · $16.3M · through 2023Largest: $17,400 to FATHERS AND FAMILIES RESOURCERESEARCH CENTER INC — the grant is provided to assist fathers and families resource/research center, inc. in furthering its charitable purposes under code section 501(c)(3). specifically, the mind trust…
Illinois Association of Community ActionSpringfield, ILCharity · may take applications
49 matching grants · $8.3M · through 2024Largest: $665,092 to EMBARRAS RIVER BASIN AGENCY — subsidized rent payments for individuals with income under 30% of the average medium income, provide services to tanf eligible individuals to aid in seeking or retaining employment
Maine Technology InstitutePortland, MECharity · may take applications
45 matching grants · $5.3M · through 2023Largest: $25,000 to Pact App Inc — our innovation is fwego, a saas solution for the travel industry that streamlines destination management for travel businesses and their customers. our platform centralizes communi…
Largest: $50,000 to THE UCLA FOUNDATION — advancing racial and health equity via research and policy change: to study health and racial issues in america, document the challenges that communities face as they seek racial e…
Largest: $200,000 to CHILDREN'S RIGHTS — renewed support of class action litigation center seeking to compel new york to provide medicaid-eligible children with the community-based mental and behavioral health services th…
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
29 matching grants · $26.7M · through 2024Largest: $300,000 to THE NUFFIELD FOUNDATION — in support of the ada lovelace institute to advance research, policy, and practice seeking to ensure that data and artificial intelligence benefit people and society
Largest: $445,465 to TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY INC — to support the center for antiracist research at boston university to create content for a digital magazine called the emancipator which seeks to educate the public on racial justi…
Telligen Community InitiativeWest Des Moines, IA
24 matching grants · $1.3M · through 2025Largest: $75,000 to VNA HEALTHCARE — vna health care is seeking funding support for our nursing career pathway program. this program was developed during the pandemic in an effort to improve opportunities for career d…
Largest: $6,000 to UGANDA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY — scholarship program for disadvantaged youth who are seeking to pursue advanced studies in science.
Largest: $100,000 to SAFE PASSAGES INC — to support the advance peace vallejo peacemaker fellowship, which seeks to reduce gun violence via job training and other wrap around services.
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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 →