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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 “spoken”
Where the money went
Illuminations FoundationAlpharetta, GACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $2.8M · through 2025Largest: $2.1M to SPOKEN WORLDWIDE — bible translation
Largest: $9,000 to URBAN WORD NYC INC — poetry and spoken word workshops and fellowships
Largest: $1.2M to STORYVILLE CENTER FOR THE SPOKEN WORD INC — empower women and girls; global health and development public awareness and analysis; polio; vaccine delivery
Largest: $40,000 to COMMUNITY BIBLE STUDY — funding for "spoken cbs,"the development of bible studies to serve the deaf community around the world.
Servant FoundationOverland Park, KSCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $2.0M · through 2023Largest: $1.0M to Spoken Gospel — community development
Largest: $504,000 to SPOKEN WORLDWIDE — support mission efforts
Largest: $17,200 to GREEN TARA FOUNDATION — it is to support the udaan project for empowering girls through computer and spoken english training for job readiness to fight for breaking the poverty circle from 2024 to 2026.
Cornelia T Bailey Charitable TrustWest Palm Beach, FL
4 matching grants · $70,000 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to STORYVILLE CENTER FOR THE SPOKEN WORD — the moth's educational programs
The Children'S FundHouston, TXCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $345,000 · through 2024Largest: $220,000 to ALL EARS LISTENING AND LANGUAGE CENTER — all ears listening and language center fosters lifelong learning, inclusion and independence for children with hearing loss through a comprehensive listening and spoken language pr…
Largest: $100,000 to STORYVILLE CENTER FOR THE SPOKEN WORD INC — for donee's exempt purpose
Largest: $50,000 to Illuminations Foundation Inc — towards spoken worldwide
Largest: $5,000 to SUNSHINE COTTAGE SCHOOL FOR DEAF CHILDREN — promotes early identification and intervention for children who are deaf or hard of hearing and helps them develop their maximum potential through listening, spoken language and li…
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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 →