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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 “soft”
Where the money went
Largest: $81,000 to CHILDREN OF THE SETTING SUN PRODUCTIONS — soft-landing grant & youth
Largest: $500,000 to The Board of Trustees - Leland Stanford Jr Univ — in support of scientific research by dr. harold hwang, utilizing 'soft chemistry' approaches for thin-film synthesis of oxide and hybrid quantum materials.
International Citycounty ManagementWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
10 matching grants · $1.0M · through 2024Largest: $359,834 to THE CADMUS GROUP LLC — implementation of the solar@scale and the solsmart (solsmart 2.0) programs designed to help local governments to reduce soft cost barriers to solar market development and made it e…
Largest: $225,000 to URBAN ALLIANCE FOUNDATION INC — to support youth workforce development program in baltimore and chicago, which provides a high school internship program that combines year-round soft skill training, paid professi…
Largest: $5,000 to Southeast Alaska Independent Living — the sail summer work programs are collaborative multi-week programs that employ southeast alaskan youth with disabilities between the ages of 14 and 20. the sail summer work progra…
Largest: $5,000 to Soft Matter Association of the Americas — 2024 international soft matter conference (ismc)
Largest: $13,200 to SOFT BONES — general & unrestricted
Largest: $2.3M to MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY — jobs and opportunity initiative - soft skills consolidation research
Lansing Economic Area PartnershipLansing, MICharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $446,038 · through 2024Largest: $190,000 to CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD US INC — medc delhi twp ssrp grant expense - delhi twp ssrp grant expense soft
Largest: $16,500 to New York University — scholarship fee for vestibular socket therapy & soft tissue management
The San Francisco FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $987,875 · through 2023Largest: $535,000 to INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE — advised - for general and afghan refugee support. advised - for general operating support of international rescue committee - northern california. advised - for general operating s…
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
4 matching grants · $529,997 · through 2022Largest: $149,999 to REFILL CAFE LLC — increase economic stability and security of working families through a social enterprise model that prepares young people for employment through on-the-job training, soft skills, i…
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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 →