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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 “taken”
Where the money went
Community Foundation of North TexasFort Worth, TXCharity · may take applications
10 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2023Largest: $200,000 to WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY — to support research in dr. timothy miller's lab. rainwater prize award - no indirects are to be taken from this grant. reference #3857-32159. contact - erika jaques, mpa - erika.ja…
Largest: $25,000 to LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR — offers the neediest elderly of every race and religion a home where they will be welcomed and taken care of
Largest: $252,529 to 2516 INDIV 1782 ADULTS 734 CHILDREN — to provide household supplies/necessities to 2312 formerly homeless individuals who are being taken off the streets and placed into homes
Elkhorn Public Schools FoundationElkhorn, NECharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $129,160 · through 2024Largest: $43,240 to ELKHORN PUBLIC SCHOOLS — ap tests - paid $20 per advanced placement test taken by high school students
Unite America InstituteDenver, COCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $1.3M · through 2024Largest: $845,750 to VETERANS FOR ALL VOTERS — general operating support and to support veteran recruitment; increase volume of ctas and actions taken; and veteran coalition development
Largest: $39,434 to Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System — to conduct a project designed to answer research questions related to identifying key issues, opportunities, and questions currently facing the field of youth arts learning. (taken…
Largest: $9,100 to PATHFINDER INTERNATIONAL — pathfinder is driven by the conviction that all people, regardless of where they live, have the right to decide whether and when to have children, to exist free from fear and stigm…
Largest: $38,342 to SOCIETY FOR EDUCATION WELFARE AND ACTION - RURAL — the purpose of the grant to build a dataset of short videos and images of indian newborns across various birth weights, captured on an android smartphone, along with corresponding …
American Legion Post #10Las Cruces, NMCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $20,500 · through 2024Largest: $12,000 to HONOR FLIGHT OF SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO — transports veterans to washington dc to visit the memorials built to honor and remember those who served. the trip of a lifetime provides closure, healing and the welcome home thes…
The Tu FoundationFountain Valley, CA
1 matching grant · $13.2M · through 2024Largest: $13.2M to AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION FBO MT ONWARD CHARITABLE FUND — contribution to daf for 501(c)(3) purposes - not taken as qualified distribution
Largest: $1,000 to SEEK THE LAMB — project ezra" (taken from a famous biblical educator-ezra 7:10) was initiated in 1986 during a time of war in nicaragua as a response to a desperate refugee situation.
Largest: $10,000 to CAMINO VERDE — oil polyculture agoforestry systems taken to full potential in amazonian indigenous communities (two-year grant)
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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 →