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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 “sessions”
Where the money went
The Cleveland FoundationCleveland, OHCharity · may take applications
28 matching grants · $1.7M · through 2024Largest: $326,325 to ASHBURY COMMUNITY SERVICES INC — fund development strategy sessions stipend
Hemophilia Federation of AmericaWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
26 matching grants · $314,000 · through 2022Largest: $14,000 to TENNESSEE HEMOPHILIA AND BLEEDING DISORDERS FOUNDATION — 2 sessions - blood sisterhood overview & rap session (blood sisters) - event 8/6/2022,2 sessions: got stress, parts 1 & 2,2 sessions; mental health 101 and kinesio taping,rap sessi…
Largest: $2,037 to HELEN PALMER — 2023 interdisciplinary residency session iii, award letter 1 of 2
Largest: $19,604 to ARH TUG VALLEY HEALTH SERVICES INC — initiate monthly diabetes support groups serving floyd, johnson, pike, and martin counties in kentucky. these monthly sessions will be hosted at each respective county's university…
Largest: $55,000 to INSTITUTE FOR AFROURBANISM — bti insights lab: collaborative analysis and strategy session
Central Minnesota Council On AgingSt Cloud, MNCharity · may take applications
14 matching grants · $2.6M · through 2024Largest: $803,308 to LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES — congregate dining and home delivered meals, caregiver consultation, homemaker, telephone reasurrance, support group, caregiver informaon sessions and respite
Largest: $10,000 to EXCEL Alaska Inc — excel alaska, inc. provides youth and young adults in rural alaska with an opportunity for individualized, real-life academic and career-oriented experiences to complete the necess…
Largest: $50,000 to OREGON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY — support listening sessions and stakeholder meetings to inform the development of a climate science and action center in portland incorporating perspectives from rural and bipoc com…
The Whas Crusade for ChildrenLouisville, KYCharity · may take applications
11 matching grants · $153,000 · through 2023Largest: $6,000 to JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION RILEY CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION — $6,000 for camperships for riley camp sessions 1, 2 and 3, kan du camp, beyond the woods camp, hi-lite camp session, about face camp session, and independence camp
Largest: $25,000 to CHICAGO SCHOLARS — to support the operational and programmatic supports provided to nearly 5,300 scholars and alumni including scholar recruitment efforts, college access workshops, eight 1:1 counsel…
Largest: $10,000 to CALIFORNIA LATINO CAPITOL ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION — advancing health through youth development and educational sessions: to support educational sessions in and around the greater sacramento capitol community to allow members to lear…
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
9 matching grants · $1.0M · through 2022Largest: $200,000 to JAMES B HUNT JR INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION LEADERSHIP POLICY — bring together state leaders and host dynamic conversations, leadership development, and information gathering sessions around equitable, non-partisan solutions to advance systems …
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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 →

