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12 funders with a record of paying for “silence”
Where the money went
Largest: $25,000 to Benedictine Sis of Perpetual Adorat — to support the ministry of charity, community life, and offering a space for silence, prayer, and spiritual hospitality in a shared environment of monastic peace.
Largest: $1.0M to THE SENSE OF SILENCE FOUNDATION — to support the development, expansion, and adoption of a network of community management bioacoustic systems integrating floodplain fisheries and forests in the amazon river basin.
Largest: $330,000 to MIDDLE PASSAGE CEREMONIES AND PORT MARKERS PROJECT INC — to support community-led research efforts and discussion, planning, and engagement with the black atlantic's silenced and ignored histories
United Way of Southeast LouisianaNew Orleans, LACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $394,718 · through 2024Largest: $244,718 to SILENCE IS VIOLENCE — grant funding and designated gifts
Largest: $100,000 to BREAKING THE SILENCE — for general support
Largest: $2.2M to SOS SILENCE OF SUICIDE — general support for suicide prevention and opening of sos hub in kenilworth
Largest: $30,000 to SILENCE IS VIOLENCE — support medical programs
The Greater New Orleans FoundationNew Orleans, LACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $63,142 · through 2024Largest: $39,052 to SILENCE IS VIOLENCE — social services
Kaiser Foundation HospitalsOakland, CACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $61,495 · through 2024Largest: $24,500 to Silence Aloud Inc — artivism youth wellness project
Largest: $2,500 to THE SILENCE FOUNDATION — furtherance of exempt purposes
Largest: $10,000 to Break the Silence — mental health & suicide program support
Largest: $15,000 to THRESHOLD DANCE PROJECT — for the annual table of silence project 9/11
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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 →