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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 “suffering”
Where the money went
Caritas of AustinAustin, TXCharity · may take applications
43 matching grants · $6.1M · through 2024Largest: $337,107 to THE SAFE ALLIANCE — to offer housing and food services to those suffering from homelessness
Carnegie Fund for AuthorsRockville Centre, NY
43 matching grants · $161,500 · through 2024Largest: $5,000 to MIRNA PEREZ — financial relief for author suffering illness or ailments
Largest: $10,000 to Suffield Community Aid — alleviate suffering from cancer and heart disease
Largest: $250,000 to AMERICAN RED CROSS CASCADES — to alleviate human suffering in the face of emergencies
The Humane LeagueRockville, MDCharity · may take applications
20 matching grants · $490,000 · through 2025Largest: $45,000 to CHILIS ON WHEELS VIA A WELL-FED WORLD — lobbying and campaign initiatives that protect animals suffering at the hands of factory farming, the fur industry and the seafood industry, serving as a member of the animal polic…
Largest: $4,900 to LUZ MERY VASQUEZ VELEZ — to alleviate the suffering of the poor
Largest: $20,000 to KESHET — to support the alzheimer center, which provides additional services to elderly suffering from alzheimer's who have been affected by the war, including elderly who have been displac…
The Will Erwin Headache ResearchHouston, TXCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $1.3M · through 2024Largest: $525,000 to MEMORIAL HERMANN FOUNDATION — to provide funding to open the will erwin headache reseach center for those suffering from dibilitating headaches, including migraine and cluster headaches. to create a database of…
Largest: $350,000 to THE COUNCIL ON RECOVERY — to support general operating programs including prevention, counseling, outpatient treatment, family therapy & recover support to those suffering from alcohol & substance abuse
Largest: $25,000 to LOAVES AND FISHES — aid to the suffering
Road Runners Club of AmericaPortland, MECharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $203,907 · through 2025Largest: $65,500 to Good Shepard Food Bank — to collect, process and distribute food to those suffering food insecurity.
Largest: $4,000 to PEDIATRIC AIDS FOUNDATION — help children suffering from aids
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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 →