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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 “settings”
Where the money went
Largest: $250,000 to THE SPECIAL CHILDREN'S CENTER INC — to further the goals set out in the foundation's charter
The Toy FoundationNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
61 matching grants · $1.2M · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF RICHMOND AT VCU — bring the healing power of play to children in hospital settings
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
32 matching grants · $6.9M · through 2022Largest: $250,000 to FIRST STEPS KENT — develop and coordinate a shared services initiative among early childhood providers in kent county to improve services for children and families by promoting innovative, research-b…
Largest: $520,000 to INITIATIVE FOR MEDICINES ACCESS & KNOWLEDGE INC — to support the purpose of developing and advancing a comprehensive set of policy options for intellectual property reform in the drug space through research, public education, and …
Largest: $200,000 to SUSTAINABLE MARKETS FOUNDATION — core support for regions refocus to set a research agenda, build alliances and provide popular education on gender and the climate crisis leading up to cop30
Largest: $421,211 to ABFM FOUNDATION INC — to support development of research capabilities and capacity related to the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning in primary care settings.
Mississippi Ednet InstituteJackson, MSCharity · may take applications
24 matching grants · $1.3M · through 2024Largest: $70,042 to MS AUTHORITY FOR EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION — this is a distribution of excess funds, in accordance with the purpose of mississippi ednet, set forth in the organization's by-laws.
Largest: $1.4M to GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY — 82229 training a diverse set of research analysts to demonstrate the value of admin data for health equity studies and place-based research
The Reinvestment FundPhiladelphia, PACharity · may take applications
24 matching grants · $499,172 · through 2024Largest: $50,525 to PALESTINIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY CENTER — provides grant funding to programs aiming to increase the number of low-income children receiving meals in childcare and community-based settings
Largest: $4,120 to NEW RICHMOND SCHOOL DISTRICT — heggerty library sets, ipad, climbing mat, reading sets, fishing poles, essential oil still, flags and map, guided reading sets
American Academy of PediatricsItasca, ILCharity · may take applications
16 matching grants · $1.3M · through 2024Largest: $224,100 to ARIZONA CHAPTER - AAP — soid grant -infectious disease education ;project firstline - infection control ;sbirt chapter hub echo;address food insecurity project; keeping kids connected; pmhca chapter grant…
Largest: $80,000 to American Farmland Trust — to identify specific social, technical, and economic barriers to agrivoltaic adoption in colorado, and inform a set of recommendations for future research, policy, and educational …
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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 →