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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 “suggested”
Where the money went
Htc Trustee Catherine D SharpeRadnor, PACharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $14.0M · through 2025Largest: $13.3M to THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE — suggested for use by museum education
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
4 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2024Largest: $275,000 to CSEP Research Foundation — to study and suggest policies for making india's electricity sector resilient and ready for future technological and economic disruptions
Largest: $897,200 to NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES — to develop and publish a study that will help inform norms about the use of race and ethnicity in biomedical research and suggest implementation strategies to enhance the adoption …
Austin Community FoundationAustin, TXCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $164,670 · through 2022Largest: $100,200 to COLLEGE FORWARD — suggested referral bonus
Dravet Syndrome FoundationCherry Hill, NJCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $381,166 · through 2023Largest: $216,166 to Case Western Reserve University — development of an ai-powered dravet syndrome ontology. although a significant amount of data for dravet syndrome (ds) is available from model organisms and humans, methods to integ…
Center for Science in the PublicWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $252,780 · through 2023Largest: $182,780 to BAY AREA COMMUNITY RESOURCES — develop the power of youth advocates to conduct research and make policy suggestions on how to improve the food retail landscape in the san francisco bay area in california
Cspi Action FundWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $95,880 · through 2024Largest: $83,000 to BAY AREA COMMUNITY RESOURCES — develop the power of youth advocates to conduct research and make policy suggestions on how to improve the food retail landscape in the san francisco bay area in california
The Community Foundation of MiddleNashville, TNCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $57,713 · through 2023Largest: $25,000 to COLLEGE HILLS CHURCH OF CHRIST — suggested support for nic and vanessa mount in their mission work.
East Bay Community FoundationOakland, CACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $60,000 · through 2024Largest: $35,000 to ACCELERATE CHANGE — general support, general support, made at the suggestion of focus for democracy.
Largest: $37,677 to SPOON-BILLED SANDPIPER (SHANGHAI) ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION TECHNOLOGY CO LTD — the purpose of providing management suggestions for jiangsu coastal wetlands, including tiaozini wetland, a world natural heritage site in migratory bird sanctuaties along the coas…
Largest: $300,000 to NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES — to support an effort to assess trends in insect abundance in north america, identify research priorities, and suggest actions to slow insect losses in areas identified as most vuln…
Union for International Cancer ControlCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $150,000 · through 2022Largest: $150,000 to Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health — this grant is to support research to analyse policies aimed at addressing the burden of cancer in latin america and to develop evidence-based policy suggestions aimed at scaling up…
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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 →