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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 “software”
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Our RescueSalt Lake City, UTCharity · may take applications
467 matching grants · $6.0M · through 2025Largest: $50,486 to Mississippi State University — training and capacity building and investigative software support
Largest: $397,544 to BERKELEY LAB FOUNDATION — to study the production and user experience of scientific software to develop a design system for scientific software user interfaces
Largest: $43,200 to MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY METU — develop an open-source education and research software framework that facilitates the development of distributed algorithms on wireless networks considering the impairments of wire…
Maine Technology InstitutePortland, MECharity · may take applications
23 matching grants · $1.4M · through 2024Largest: $45,000 to Leisure Group Tech — our leisure group tech software is designed to allow you to plan and coordinate events of all types and sizes. our software is designed to streamline the event planning process. ou…
The Hyde and Watson FoundationWarren Township, NJ
62 matching grants · $585,700 · through 2024Largest: $15,000 to CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER — one-time software development costs.
The Ahmanson FoundationBeverly Hills, CA
30 matching grants · $2.8M · through 2023Largest: $45,000 to CONSERVATION CORPS OF LONG BEACH — toward purchase and implementation of data collection software
Largest: $1.9M to CAMBRIDGE IN AMERICA — support for the university of cambridge scientific software center
Largest: $508,005 to Julia Computing Inc — in support of enhancing the julia software ecosystem and its core underlying open-source technologies to accelerate scientific discovery through computation.
Norwich UniversityNorthfield, VTCharity · may take applications
12 matching grants · $27.4M · through 2024Largest: $4.5M to VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE — for software tools to support the service's plans for command and control of the information environment; to create and manage a collaborative cybersecurity educational program wit…
We Can LearnBloomington, MN
14 matching grants · $2.2M · through 2024Largest: $1.6M to BREAKTHROUGH — educational software & assessment
National Public RadioWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
17 matching grants · $518,258 · through 2023Largest: $133,391 to KENTUCKY PUBLIC RADIO INC — software implementation support
The Whas Crusade for ChildrenLouisville, KYCharity · may take applications
15 matching grants · $466,724 · through 2023Largest: $11,000 to THE DE PAUL SCHOOL INC — $11,000.00 for items 1-3 (robotic sets for grades k-5, ipad classroom set, and monoprice pe voxel 3d printer) (no funding allowed for storage cabinets, oculus quest headsets, gamem…
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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 →