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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 “sphere”
Where the money went
Largest: $200,000 to UNIVERSIDADE DE SAO PAULO — for research on the digital public sphere, political polarization, disinformation, and for exploring principles for regulation models to deal with disinformation dynamics
Largest: $1.7M to SOROS FOUNDATION - KYRGYZSTAN — to provide support for non-lobbying activities in the following spheres and programs: public health, rule of law, budget transparency and accountability, information and media, edu…
Largest: $348,000 to YALE UNIVERSITY — to advance the study of the rules and norms that govern the new digital public sphere of social media through support of the yale information society project at yale law school.
Glory of Zion International MinistriesDenton, TXCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $18.4M · through 2024Largest: $6.3M to Global Spheres Center Inc — ministerial support
The Presser FoundationPhiladelphia, PA
6 matching grants · $25,000 · through 2024Largest: $5,000 to ART SPHERE INC — special projects
The Ayco Charitable FoundationCohoes, NYCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $93,000 · through 2025Largest: $57,500 to SPHERE INC — community & human services
Largest: $50,000 to CATO INSTITUTE — sphere education initiative
Largest: $46,000 to ART SPHERE INC — neighborhood grant
Largest: $3,000 to Piano Spheres — encourage knowledge and appreciation of contemporary american music
The Sterling Donor Advised FundReston, VACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $800,000 · through 2024Largest: $600,000 to ROOTS OF HUMANITY FOUNDATION — king & diane husein sphere of light
Largest: $320,000 to CATO INSTITUTE — sphere project
Largest: $750,000 to ASOCIACION TECNOLOGIA EDUCACION DESARROLLO INVE — to support the grantee's work in safeguarding privacy, freedom of expression, and open access to information online, to enhance the capacity of actors in the region to defend and p…
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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 →