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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 “short”
Where the money went
Largest: $6,500 to K Sedano — short-term emergency assistance grant
Largest: $6,500 to S Luis — short-term emergency assistance grant
Largest: $3,000 to J Uwekoolani — short-term emergency assistance grant
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
11 matching grants · $612,550 · through 2023Largest: $112,100 to University of Vermont and State Agricultural College Foundation — general operating support, support for the brad kozak short term travel study scholarship, support for the bluhm-wolf internship fund
Greater Columbus Arts CouncilColumbus, OHCharity · may take applications
11 matching grants · $1.7M · through 2025Largest: $390,802 to SHORT NORTH STAGE — grants to promote art and culture in columbus, oh
Carolinas Care PartnershipCharlotte, NCCharity · may take applications
12 matching grants · $511,326 · through 2024Largest: $95,655 to Nsideout Excellence — short term emergency assistance
Largest: $166,667 to NORTHSIDE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT COMPANY — to support the launch of an independent organization to analyze, communicate and influence activities related to the budget for the city of pittsburgh in the short run, and other g…
Largest: $375,000 to CENTER FOR POPULAR DEMOCRACY — 80932 leveraging people's stories to expand healthcare in states in the short term and transform the national healthcare system in the long term, 2023-2025
Allied Media ProjectsDetroit, MICharity · may take applications
16 matching grants · $225,000 · through 2022Largest: $10,000 to BLACK WOMXN FLOURISH LLC — we have invited black womxn flourish a formation of folks who have ongoing work using emergentstrategy,to submit a short proposal sharing a bit about your work and how emergent str…
Largest: $140,571 to COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY — to encourage the next generation of filmmakers to write screenplays and produce short films about science and technology through enhanced research, mentorship, and award opportunit…
Largest: $600,000 to THE MIAMI FOUNDATION — to support the 24 winners of the 2021 knight arts challenge miami. the list of winners, including a short description of their projects, is included in the request documents.
Largest: $99,980 to UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO — to revise and publish the study "from retributive to restorative: an alternative approach to justice" which evaluates the short-run impacts of the rollout of restorative justice pr…
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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 →