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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 “submitted”
Where the money went
Largest: $66,708 to EMILY HUYEN THACH — education-will submit expenses
Women'S Foundation of MinnesotaMinneapolis, MNCharity · may take applications
41 matching grants · $1.0M · through 2024Largest: $40,000 to Centro Tyrone Guzman — general operating support to advance work and mission as it aligns with the rest up awards; general operating support to advance your work and mission as outlined in submitted prop…
The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS FoundationLos Angeles, CACharity · may take applications
23 matching grants · $492,010 · through 2025Largest: $25,010 to PACTA INC — restricted to support the submitted proposal for the 2025 emergency grant cycle.
Arizona Bioindustry AssociationPhoenix, AZCharity · may take applications
16 matching grants · $428,212 · through 2024Largest: $33,613 to DX4LIVER — flinn foundation bioscience entepreneurship grant 24-12175 - payments per contract based on receipts submitted
GreenlatinosBoulder, COCharity · may take applications
12 matching grants · $2.7M · through 2024Largest: $300,000 to YES Housing — urban greening (proposal submitted to gl)
Gulf Coast Economic Development DistrictHouston, TXCharity · may take applications
13 matching grants · $420,000 · through 2023Largest: $50,000 to ERINDI LLC — it's a grant from fortbend county that were issued to local businesses through gcedd to cover expenses such as costs of working capital, payroll, accounts payable, rent, mortgages,…
Allied Media ProjectsDetroit, MICharity · may take applications
12 matching grants · $120,000 · through 2022Largest: $10,000 to BRUJULAS INC — we have invited espejos cempazuchitl, a formation of folks who have ongoing work using emergent strategy, to submit a short proposal sharing a bit about your work and how emergent …
Largest: $125,000 to LOBECK TAYLOR OPERATING FOUNDATION — the lobeck taylor operating foundation, (ltof), 1124 s. lewis ave, tulsa, ok 74106, is a commonly controlled operating foundation. the $125,000 grant was made on 02/07/2022 for cha…
Largest: $53,500 to FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — programs submitted by church
Largest: $1.2M to University of Washington — john a. hartford center of gerontological nursing excellence (invitation to submit)
Buddhist Film FoundationOakland, CACharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $148,938 · through 2024Largest: $77,153 to GESAR MUKPO - FULL PROOF LLC — grants to provide direct support to filmmakers submitting funding proposals supporting the foundations mission to produce educational film resources concerning buddhist cultures, p…
Texas Organizing Project Education FundSan Antonio, TXCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $305,000 · through 2023Largest: $180,000 to Children's Defense Fund — the grant funds are a subgrant from community catalyst, inc. and are to be used exclusively to fund the activities of the project in accordance with the proposal and any addendum s…
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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 →