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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 “shoah”
Where the money went
Conference On Jewish Material Claims Against GermanyNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $930,963 · through 2024Largest: $642,397 to USC SHOAH FOUNDATION - THE INSTITUTE FOR VISUAL HISTORY AND EDUCATION — research, educ & doc
Schuman Family FoundationBeverly Hills, CA
5 matching grants · $213,311 · through 2024Largest: $148,584 to UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SHOAH — shoah foundation
The Snider FoundationCollegeville, PA
5 matching grants · $1.3M · through 2024Largest: $500,000 to USC SHOAH FOUNDATION - THE INSTITUTE FOR VISUAL HISTORY AND EDUCATION — pledge payment for immersive and interactive testimony experiences
Largest: $450,000 to USC SHOAH FOUNDATION — to support educational, research and development efforts
Largest: $100,000 to USC SHOAH FOUNDATION — to fulfil charitable purpose of the organization
Largest: $251,783 to USC SHOAH FOUNDATION — interviews survivors and witnesses of the holocaust and other genocides.
Alpern Family FoundationHuntington Station, NY
4 matching grants · $40,000 · through 2025Largest: $10,000 to USC SHOAH INSTITUTE FOR VISUAL HISTORY AND EDUCATION — general operating support
Largest: $175,000 to UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — shoah fdn./willesden reads
Largest: $250,000 to USC SHOAH FOUNDATION INSTITUTE — fund the launch of usc shoah foundation's new "countering online antisemitism initiative"
Largest: $5,000 to USC SHOAH FOUNDATION — to overcome prejudice, intolerance and bigotry.
Crown Family FoundationChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $2.0M · through 2023Largest: $1.0M to University of Southern California — shoah foundation visual archive
Largest: $15,000 to USC SHOAH FOUNDATION INSTITUTE — general funding
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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 →