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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 “speaking”
Where the money went
Largest: $39,645 to AUTISM SPEAKS INC — program support
Largest: $100,000 to SPANISH SPEAKING UNITY COUNCIL OF — program/operating support
Largest: $5.1M to SPEAK UP AFRICA — global health and development public awareness and analysis; malaria; neglected tropical diseases; vaccine delivery; water, sanitation and hygiene
The San Francisco FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
13 matching grants · $2.7M · through 2024Largest: $860,000 to SPANISH SPEAKING UNITY COUNCIL OF ALAMEDA COUNTY — program - for general operating support to a community anchor providing essential services to low-income families and people of color, especially latinx and immigrant populations, …
Largest: $500,000 to GOOD NATION FOUNDATION INC — core support for nyc speaks to partner with community organizations and philanthropy to ensure that the people's priorities shape the incoming mayoral administration
Largest: $100,000 to SPEAK UP AFRICA — for a review and refresh of speak up africa's strategic communication framework
Largest: $135,000 to SPEAK IT FORWARD INC — may be used to support the objectives of counterpunch academy at the discretion of speak it forward.
East Bay Community FoundationOakland, CACharity · may take applications
10 matching grants · $285,000 · through 2024Largest: $45,000 to YOUTH SPEAKS — general support, youth speaks creative youth development and arts in education in oakland
Largest: $1.5M to SPANISH-SPEAKING UNITY COUNCIL OF ALAMEDA COUNTY INC — to support the resilient fruitvale collaborative
The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift FundNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $876,100 · through 2024Largest: $418,000 to AUTISM SPEAKS INC — medical/scientific research & programs
Largest: $75,000 to SPEAK FOR THE TREES INC — general operations
Boston FoundationBoston, MACharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $309,300 · through 2024Largest: $80,000 to Our Generation Speaks — operating support/annual fund
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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 →