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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 “spotlight”
Where the money went
Largest: $25,000 to Coachella Animal Network — cbs spotlight grant - for seven "two day" low cost spay neuter clinics
United Arts Council of Raleigh andRaleigh, NCCharity · may take applications
22 matching grants · $222,591 · through 2024Largest: $15,666 to DIAMANTE INC — community spotlight
Largest: $1.0M to UNITED STATES ARTISTS INC — core support for disability futures, a fellowship initiative to spotlight the work of disabled creatives across disciplines and geography and amplify their voices individually and …
The Lenfest Institute for JournalismPhiladelphia, PACharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $26.3M · through 2024Largest: $7.8M to THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER — the institute is supporting the inquirers transition from a traditional printed newspaper to an economically sustainable, primarily digital, equitable news enterprise. a series of …
Largest: $80,000 to FUNDACION PATERNITAS — spotlight grant milestone payment
Largest: $250,000 to SPOTLIGHT PA — to support spotlight pa's high-quality investigative and public-service journalism and the organizations efforts to build a sustainable future for statehouse and statewide reportin…
American Journalism ProjectWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $1.5M · through 2024Largest: $509,135 to SPOTLIGHT PA — to grow and diversify revenue and to advance toward a sustainable model for local news.
Largest: $350,000 to GUARDIAN ORG FOUNDATION — for project support for guns & lies, a reporting project investigating the intersection of how gun access, trauma, social & economic policies, & poverty contribute to community vio…
Largest: $810,000 to WNET — 80059 supporting the operations of new jersey spotlight news
The Miami FoundationMiami, FLCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $465,055 · through 2024Largest: $332,934 to SPOTLIGHT PA — program support
Largest: $25,000 to SPOTLIGHT PA — support of spotlight pa matching campaigns
Institute for Nonprofit NewsBeverly Hills, CACharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $132,000 · through 2024Largest: $23,000 to MOUTAIN STATE SPOTLIGHT — inn support - labs & election guide
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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 →