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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 “simple”
Where the money went
Largest: $404,841 to THE SIMPLE FOUNDATION — simple fresh market
Largest: $8,000 to CATINA M IVERSON — simple gifts teacher fellowship
Largest: $8,400 to UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI — research on asymmetric simple exclusion process and related topics
Largest: $50,000 to A SIMPLE GESTURE GREENSBORO INC — impact grants program, to support the charitable mission of the recipient organization
Community Fdn of Greater Des MoinesDes Moines, IACharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $51,000 · through 2024Largest: $14,000 to SIMPLE CHURCH — grant distribution
Largest: $450,000 to THE SIMPLE FOUNDATION — general operating support
Largest: $189,500 to THE SIMPLE FOUNDATION — general operating
Bartlesville Community FoundationBartlesville, OKCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $351,055 · through 2024Largest: $234,755 to CITY CHURCH — the mission of city church is simple: helping people that are far from god find and follow jesus. as jesus says in mark 16:15 (tlb), "proclaim the good news to everyone, everywhere…
Largest: $10,000 to A SIMPLE GESTURE GREENSBORO INC — human services
Largest: $1.3M to CODE FOR AMERICA (CFA) LABS INC — project support to expand digital products to make government services and benefits simple, and accessible.
Largest: $69,400 to FIDELITY CHARITABLE FUND — to grow the american tradition of philantropy by providing programs that make chritable giving accessable simple and effective.
United Way of the MidlandsOmaha, NECharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $180,000 · through 2024Largest: $75,000 to SIMPLE FOUNDATION — community impact fund allocations
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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 →