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12 funders with a record of paying for “strength”
Where the money went
Largest: $100,000 to Catholic Charities Community Services — support strategic organizational enhancements (atlas nonprofit strength and endurance)
Largest: $150,000 to THE SOUTHASIA TRUST — for research, training and creation of innovative multi-media content to challenge visual stereotypes of women and sexual violence in south asia and promote images of women's agenc…
Largest: $450,000 to SHARE OUR STRENGTH — 82222 changing public policy and administrative programs to advance economic inclusion for single mothers and their children
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
11 matching grants · $2.8M · through 2023Largest: $1.0M to TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY — leverage the strengths and assets of the black belt region through a food systems approach towards a more prosperous future for the region's children and families
Largest: $45,000 to Coeur d'Alene School District #271 — funding to support the coordination and implementation of a north idaho regional training for sources of strength k-6 curriculum including training, implementation and purchase of …
Largest: $100,000 to GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY — grant to implement a student strengths coach program. it will cover one-year fellowships for 15 faculty and administrative fees. this grant was provided by the global builders netw…
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Caring FoundationFargo, ND
13 matching grants · $51,500 · through 2025Largest: $1,000 to Shining Lights Childrens Program — scholarship fund for crossfit trainer classes for youth to provide movement, strength and ability.
Tides FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $715,000 · through 2024Largest: $150,000 to MEN OF POWER-WOMEN OF STRENGTH INC — sustainable environment
Largest: $5,000 to SHARE OUR STRENGTH — program support
Largest: $400,000 to CENTER FOR YOUNG WOMEN'S DEVELOPMENT (YOUNG WOMEN'S FREEDOM CENTER) — evaluating strengths-based multigenerational models that prevent domestic violence
Bhp FoundationWashington, DC
4 matching grants · $2.8M · through 2023Largest: $1.3M to AUSTRALIAN INDIGENOUS GOVERNANCE INSTITUTE (AIGI) — supporting self-determined governance for indigenous development outcomes through a new practice set that builds and disseminates best practice tools, research and training, and di…
Largest: $50,000 to CHALLENGE DAY — to help youth and adults unlearn harmful habits, experience vulnerability as a pillar to restore strength, and enable them to experience the freedom of full expression through the …
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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 →