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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 “sociology”
Where the money went
Cornell UniversityIthaca, NYCharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $1.2M · through 2022Largest: $836,489 to Concepts Inc — other-sociology/demography & populations studies
The Otto & Gertrude K Pollak Scholarship FundGladwyne, PA
6 matching grants · $495,000 · through 2024Largest: $87,500 to Univ of Pennsylvania Sociology Dept — graduate summer research fellowships
Norway House FoundationSan Francisco, CA
5 matching grants · $116,033 · through 2024Largest: $27,000 to UC Sociology Department — support for norwegian visiting scholars
Largest: $56,000 to CENTRAL METHODIST UNIVERSITY — sociology department
John Templeton FoundationWest Conshohocken, PA
4 matching grants · $1.3M · through 2024Largest: $678,490 to REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA — a sociological analysis of the science of purpose project
Largest: $12,000 to AMERICAN SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION — sociology of education sections online mini-conference on repair: revisiting our past and re-envisioning our future.
Bundy Family FoundationPortola Valley, CA
3 matching grants · $53,000 · through 2024Largest: $19,000 to LSB Leakey Foundation — education, research, anthropology, sociology
Largest: $276,265 to UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD — to study trust in ai from the perspectives of philosophy, sociology, social and clinical psychology, computer science, and law, and to operationalize findings in a toolkit for use …
Largest: $160,000 to FUNDACION PUERTO DE IDEAS — includes national and international voices of thinkers, scientists, authors and artists, that will address, in a multidisciplinary language, investigations, ideas, initiatives and …
The San Francisco FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $9.1M · through 2022Largest: $9.1M to UC BERKELEY FOUNDATION — advised - for the light the way" capital campaign for the haas scholars program. advised - for the haas family fiat lux scholarship program. advised - for general support of the ha…
Largest: $2,000 to EASTERN SOCIOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC DEPT OF SOCIOLOGY — for sponsorship for the 94th annual meeting of the eastern sociological society
Largest: $219,580 to US SCIENCES PO FOUNDATION — to support the creation of a post-doctoral position in sociology
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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 →