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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 “seizing”
Where the money went
Largest: $40,000 to COMMUNITY VOICES HEARD — multi-year unrestricted support to address needs presented by the pandemic and to seize opportunity for a more equitable city using community organizing as a core strategy.
Largest: $750,000 to PUBLIC HEALTH ADVOCATES — seizing the moment: a statewide campaign to transform first response in california cities
Largest: $175,000 to PRESIDENT & FELLOWS OF MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE — seizing opportunity fund
Dayton Foundation DepositoryDayton, OHCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $532,500 · through 2024Largest: $200,000 to SEMINAR NETWORK AKA STAND TOGETHER TRUST — seize the moment, fire
Largest: $150,000 to SEO SEIZING EVERY OPPORTUNITY — transform low-income public high school students into college graduates
Largest: $25,000 to Seizing Every Opportunity (SEO) — seo career program
Largest: $500,000 to THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION — for the multilateralism reimagined: seizing the moment to promote a more inclusive world order project
Largest: $90,000 to UNIVERSITY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL FOR YOUNG MEN — seize summer 2023-24 middle school summer program
Largest: $100,000 to Community Foundation of Greater Johnstown — to seize a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to transform ohio and the appalachian region through federal investment and state and local action
Largest: $25,000 to HOPEWORKS N CAMDEN — seizing opportunity
Leo Model FoundationPhiladelphia, PA
2 matching grants · $14,000 · through 2024Largest: $8,000 to SEIZING EVERY OPPORTUNITY (SEO) — to support a free program that helps college students secure internships with partner organizations
Largest: $35,000 to SEO (SEIZING EVERY OPPORTUNITY) — new york scholars program.
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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 →