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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 “societal”
Where the money went
Greater Kansas City Community FoundationKansas City, MOCharity · may take applications
317 matching grants · $40.7M · through 2024Largest: $6.1M to The Stanley H Durwood Foundation — public, societal benefit
Largest: $21.6M to CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF MANHATTAN — to further educational, religious, medical, cultural, societal and environmental causes.
Greater HorizonsKansas City, MOCharity · may take applications
268 matching grants · $25.2M · through 2024Largest: $8.2M to Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc (dba DAFgiving360) — public, societal benefit
North Carolina Community FoundationRaleigh, NCCharity · may take applications
204 matching grants · $15.6M · through 2023Largest: $8,560 to LA SOCIETE DES QUARANTE 40 HOMMES ET 8 CHEVAUX — public & societal benefit
Wyoming Community FoundationLaramie, WYCharity · may take applications
151 matching grants · $5.2M · through 2024Largest: $1.2M to Wyoming Community Foundation — public societal benefit
Largest: $75,000 to ATCHISON ART ASSOCIATION — societal benefit
Largest: $12.5M to JEWISH COMMUNAL FUND — to further educational, religious, medical, cultural, societal and environmental causes.
Santa Barbara FoundationSanta Barbara, CACharity · may take applications
98 matching grants · $18.5M · through 2024Largest: $7.0M to DECHOMAI ASSET TRUST — public and societal benefit
Greater Northwest Kansas CommunityBird City, KSCharity · may take applications
97 matching grants · $1.9M · through 2024Largest: $221,200 to RINGNECK CLASSIC INC — public & societal benefit
Largest: $15.7M to JEWISH COMMUNAL FUND — to further educational, religious, medical, cultural, societal and environmental causes.
Community Foundation of CollierNaples, FLCharity · may take applications
74 matching grants · $9.8M · through 2024Largest: $2.0M to FUND FOR CHARITABLE GIVING — public, societal benefit
Rockefeller Philanthropy AdvisorsNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
79 matching grants · $20.0M · through 2024Largest: $808,000 to SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS INC — arts, culture & humanities, civil rights, social action & advocacy, environment, civil rights, social action & advocacy, environment, public & societal benefit, civil rights, socia…
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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 →