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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 “surg”
Where the money went
Largest: $15,000 to SURGE INSTITUTE — to fund surge institute's collaboration with the leadership academy
Largest: $50,000 to SURGE INSTITUTE — for the chicago surge fellowship
Seattle FoundationSeattle, WACharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $608,000 · through 2023Largest: $123,000 to SURGE — to support surge's 2022 coo spc work
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
5 matching grants · $765,000 · through 2023Largest: $15,000 to The Surge Institute — in support of the 2023 surge alumni convening
Largest: $450,000 to GROUNDTRUTH PROJ — 79279 surging report for america's efforts to improve newsroom diversity to strengthen local news that can in turn strengthen our democracy and country
Center for Action and ContemplationAlbuquerque, NMCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $277,500 · through 2024Largest: $90,000 to THE SURGE NETWORK — surge exists to equip leaders to engage every member of their church as an active participant of god's mission. surge provides tools and relational platforms to stregthen and activ…
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
3 matching grants · $476,594 · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to SURGE INSTITUTE — sponsor the surge institute's 2023 national alumni convening as well as twenty financial hardship scholarships
Largest: $500,000 to Surge Institute — for general support
Largest: $250,000 to NEW VENTURE FUND — core support for culture surge, a coalition of women of color-led organizations that seeks to maximize the collective impact of cultural influencers, artists, strategists, and move…
Largest: $160,000 to RAINIER VALLEY CORPS — fs: surge reproductive justice, general operating support
Largest: $35,511 to AULTMAN HEALTH FOUNDATION — main surg & med equip or
Largest: $1.0M to SURGE INSTITUTE — for general operating support
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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 →