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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 “size”
Where the money went
Swiss InstituteNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
28 matching grants · $2.3M · through 2024Largest: $165,320 to THE DRAWING CENTER INC — coalition effort of mid-sized arts organizations in new york city.
Maine Technology InstitutePortland, MECharity · may take applications
14 matching grants · $989,428 · through 2024Largest: $122,393 to Maine Laboratories LLC — maine laboratories doubles in size to support national pfas testing backlog.
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
11 matching grants · $3.4M · through 2023Largest: $400,000 to Institute for Sustainable Communities — to pilot interventions in three micro, small and medium-size enterprise cluster regions in india that support a just and sustainable transition to clean energy sources
Long Beach Nonprofit PartnershipLong Beach, CACharity · may take applications
15 matching grants · $258,000 · through 2022Largest: $35,000 to BIRTHWORKERS OF COLR COLLECT — best start and youth size grants
SelectfloridaCoral Gables, FLCharity · may take applications
13 matching grants · $156,180 · through 2024Largest: $32,000 to JOHN WORTHINGTON DBA IBT ONLINE LLC — selectflorida provides trade grants to support small and medium sized businesses in identifying export markets as well as to participate in trade shows or missions
Largest: $1.0M to NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES INSTITUTE INC — the local infrastructure hub bootcamp program is an online curriculum for small to mid-sized cities, designed to deliver high-quality applications for thirty programs from the bipa…
Wisconsin Center for ManufacturingMadison, WICharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $12.8M · through 2024Largest: $3.6M to WISCONSIN MANUFACTURING EXTENSION PARTNERSHIP — sub-recipient of nist and wedc grants for consulting services with small & mid-size manufacturers
Largest: $2.0M to WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY — to support an initiative to increase the size of the university's black studies faculty and establish a detroit center for black studies
Largest: $587,875 to WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY — to support investigation of the physics of quantum spin liquids in devices based on atomically thin materials, by developing complementary thermodynamic and spectroscopic experimen…
Largest: $1.2M to NEW GROWTH INNOVATION NETWORK — 82069 expanding the small and mid-size city hub to drive inclusive economies and racial and health equity in historically economically excluded communities
Largest: $500,000 to HILL DISTRICT FEDERAL CREDIT UNION — to double the size of the hill district federal credit union and expand lending to low income individuals and businesses in the hill district
California High School Academic BoostersSan Ramon, CACharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $935,924 · through 2024Largest: $306,185 to San Ramon Valley Unified Scho — funding for class size reductions
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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 →