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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 “situations”
Where the money went
Largest: $118,095 to BOSTON CHILDRENS HOSPITAL — assistance to indigent and dysfunctional families, especially concerning infant and very young children in order to provide them with the support and assistance necessary to grow u…
Largest: $1.0M to PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION — to increase equitable access to covid-19 vaccines, diagnostic and clinical care for populations in situations of vulnerability in the americas
United Way of New York CityNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
14 matching grants · $640,000 · through 2024Largest: $205,000 to HOW OUR LIVES LINK ALTOGETHER-HOLLA — the atlas innovation fund (the fund) is a body of work associated with our larger mayors office of neighborhood safety (ons) partnership to bolster safe and connected communities t…
Moses Cone - Wesley Long CommunityGreensboro, NCCharity · may take applications
15 matching grants · $344,150 · through 2021Largest: $51,000 to Greensboro Housing Coalition — special situations wellness
Largest: $1.0M to RAND CORPORATION — to position rand corporation as a data-informed expert on veterans policy, responding to and generating ideas, and as a convener of researchers situated at think tanks and academic…
Largest: $75,000 to HOPE UNLIMITED — christian ministry - assistance in crisis pregnancy situations
Seattle FoundationSeattle, WACharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $275,000 · through 2022Largest: $40,000 to MOTHER AFRICA — to support survivors of domestic violence who have been out of their domestic violence situation for a minimum of two years
Largest: $75,000 to Heart to Heart International — to help improve healthcare access in the u.s. and around the world by ensuring quality care is provided equitably in medically under-resourced communities and in disaster situation…
Largest: $59,850 to INTERNATIONAL SERVICE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS — to support the un antiracism coalition, a fiscally-sponsored project of the grantee, to investigate and assess the situation of people of african descent in the context of law enfo…
Largest: $52,105 to USC SCHOOL OF CINEMATIC ARTS — our interdisciplinary approach enables students, regardless of their chosen area of specialization, to take courses across our seven disciplines, without boundaries, in order to tr…
Gaudium Et Spes FoundationSan Juan, PRCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $167,500 · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to Colegio Maria Auxiliadora de Carolina — economic support for children living in poverty and vulnerable childhood situations.
Largest: $1.7M to ACTION AGAINST HUNGER — to save, improve and protect lives by eliminating hunger through the prevention, detection and treatment of undernutrition, especially during and after emergency crises caused by s…
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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 →