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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 “shortage”
Where the money went
Largest: $15,000 to WINGATE UNIVERSITY — to help create research opportunities for faculty-led college students to become interested in and pursue research opportunities in the biological sciences to address the current s…
Largest: $385,000 to NEW YORK CITY HEALTH AND HOSPITALS CORPORATION — support nurse educator fellowship program to address the nursing shortage
Largest: $100,000 to NEW JERSEY LEAGUE FOR NURSING INC — dr. maureen sullivan foley memorial nursing scholarship awards to advance the practice of nursing in nj through excellence in education to build a strong and diverse nursing workfo…
North Central Health ServicesWest Lafayette, INCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $9.0M · through 2024Largest: $7.7M to INDIANA UNIVERSITY — funding to maintain expansion of the general psychiatry residency program, triple board (psychiatry, child-adolescent psychiatry, pediatrics) residency program, and child and adole…
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
7 matching grants · $930,000 · through 2022Largest: $200,000 to STATE OF NEW MEXICO EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION & CARE DEPARTMENT — address the early educator shortage while also preserving and enhancing quality early childhood services for children by increasing the number of bilingual early childhood educator…
Telligen Community InitiativeWest Des Moines, IA
5 matching grants · $274,750 · through 2024Largest: $75,000 to DENTAL CONNECTIONS — the dental connections smile squad mobile dental program builds a safety net for children who would not otherwise see a dentist by providing dental care at schools. the program has…
Association of Public HealthBethesda, MDCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $699,499 · through 2024Largest: $395,310 to UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA — leveraging the administrative infrastructure of the university of south florida, the subrecipient, will establish and implement a scholarship program uniquely targeted to drph cand…
Largest: $1.0M to COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY-EDUCATION FOUNDATION — to dramatically increase the capacity of community college of allegheny county to connect students to high-demand industries, address our region's worker shortage, and bring more w…
Civica FoundationLehi, UTCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $41.7M · through 2024Largest: $27.9M to CIVICA INC — alleviate supply shortages
Maine Technology InstitutePortland, MECharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $657,384 · through 2024Largest: $306,667 to Casco Bay Molding Ltd — casco bay molding (casco), started in sanford in 2000, has grown into an fda registered, iso 13485 certified product development and manufacturing company specializing in silicone …
Largest: $159,600 to Leavitt Partners LLC dba Leavitt Partners an HMA Company — tribal community listening sessions: causes, impacts and potential solutions to physician shortages
Aws FoundationFort Wayne, INCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2024Largest: $597,692 to QUESTA EDUCATION FOUNDATION — teacher shortages
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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 →