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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 “successor”
Where the money went
Largest: $10.9M to Hamill Charitable Trust - NT 03-18125 — transfer of assets to successor private foundation(see attachment d)
Kipp FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $6.6M · through 2021Largest: $3.4M to KIPP NYC — director of leadership development; successor leadership development; new school start-up; covid-19 emergency; mental-health & healing; postsecondary transfer & reenrollment, caree…
Largest: $1.9M to FIELDCREST ASPIRATION FOUNDATION — see attached - grants paid by successor foundation after merger.
Largest: $5,000 to FUTURE SUCCESSORS INC — program/operating support
Largest: $964,459 to NAPA VALLEY PRESENTS — to transfer stewardship of the belle and barney rhodes legacy fund to successor organization.
Largest: $200,000 to JEWISH HOME FOUNDATION OF NEW JERSEY — to support an organization that provides aid and support to jhr,jhrc, jhal, and their successor organizations in their charitable efforts for seniors, the elderly, and the infirm i…
The Advocare Foundation LtdToccoa, GACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $98,000 · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to On Common Ground Foundation LTD — grant to our successor not-for-profit whose mission is to distribute the funds so granted to programs that are substantially similar to programs that advocare would, if not for the…
Largest: $23.1M to THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN — on december 17, 2024, the foundation donated a 68.36 acre tract of land in williamson county, texas to the university of texas at austin, p.o. box 7458, austin, tx 78713. the land …
Largest: $400,000 to LUDWIG VON MISES FOUNDATION — to promote economic theories of ludwig von mises, his predecessors and his successors, through teaching programs, research, fellowships and scholarly publications.
Largest: $139.1M to BIG WIN PHILANTHROPY INC — a grant agreement was signed by the filing organization (grantor) and big win philanthropy, inc. (grantee; ein: 82-0843080) to transfer all remaining assets to the successor organi…
Benton Community FoundationCorvallis, ORCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $17,656 · through 2024Largest: $12,595 to CORVALLIS-BENTON COUNTY LIBRARY — to purchase books of circulating materials which are the successors to books for all ages
Grayson County Hospital FoundationLeitchfield, KYCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $6.2M · through 2024Largest: $6.2M to GRAYSON COUNTY HEALTHCARE FOUNDATIO — successor transfer
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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 →