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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 “struggling”
Where the money went
Jewish Family and Children'S Service ofPittsburgh, PACharity · may take applications
30 matching grants · $4.6M · through 2024Largest: $397,940 to HELLO NEIGHBOR — support struggling refugees
Anschei Chesed FundBrooklyn, NYCharity · may take applications
23 matching grants · $4.6M · through 2023Largest: $874,000 to AHAVAT ISRAEL HUMANITY INC — assistance to families struggling with poverty for food, clothing, shelter and living expenses
US Chamber of Commerce FoundationWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
25 matching grants · $550,000 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to FOCUS COMPLETE LAWN SERVICE & LANDSCAPING — to aid a struggling small business in an economically distressed community.
Largest: $150,000 to INNERCITY STRUGGLE — brothers, sons, selves coalition - advancing health and justice: to advance racial justice and improve the health outcomes of young men of color, specifically black youth, by suppo…
Largest: $100,000 to CORNERSTONE CHRISTIAN CHURCH — assist indiviualsthat struggle withaddiction or mental illness
Largest: $500,000 to PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIVERSITY — core support for the hbcu voting rights lab to archive historically black college or university involvement in the struggle for african american voting rights and build a strong co…
Largest: $5,000 to InnerCity Struggle — vienna social housing field study
Weingart FoundationLos Angeles, CA
11 matching grants · $1.2M · through 2023Largest: $10,000 to INNERCITY STRUGGLE — support for dr. beatriz solis scholarship fund
Arvest FoundationBentonville, AR
11 matching grants · $93,500 · through 2024Largest: $12,500 to Seven Hills Homeless Center — to assist those who struggle with food insecurity and homelessness
Largest: $600,000 to THE NISKANEN CENTER INC — for the climate and struggling regions programs
Largest: $50,000 to FEEDING AMERICA — to help make food available to families struggling with hunger
United Way of SouthernBrownsville, TXCharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $148,020 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to DERRY ELEMENTARY — reading intervention for struggling readers
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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 →