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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 “tank”
Where the money went
Largest: $300,000 to THE CENTURY FOUNDATION — core support for the disability economic justice collaborative, an initiative bringing together leading disability advocacy organizations with think tanks and research organization…
Largest: $155,000 to THE TANK LTD — to continue support for sociable weavers' research building infrastructures that would help artists with asset ownership as an economic justice and equity strategy
Largest: $475,000 to OPEN SOCIETY INSTITUTE - SOFIA FOUNDATION — to enhance the process of the european union enlargement through supporting think tanks in europe to perform and exchange relevant policy research
Largest: $1.0M to RAND CORPORATION — to position rand corporation as a data-informed expert on veterans policy, responding to and generating ideas, and as a convener of researchers situated at think tanks and academic…
Offerdahl Family FoundationIncline Village, NV
8 matching grants · $266,000 · through 2025Largest: $67,000 to COMPETITIVE ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE — the competitive enterprise institute (cei) is a non-profit libertarian think tank that advocates for limited government and free markets. cei's mission is to promote economic freed…
Atlantic Council of the United StatesWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $1.9M · through 2024Largest: $692,453 to ACTON INSTITUTE — supporting the work of independent ngos/think tanks working on freedom and prosperity themes.
Largest: $30,000 to THE TANK LTD — under the radar '24
Largest: $375,000 to LIFT INC — this grant will enable lift to expand the reach of its family-centered coaching model and approach through the expansion of their action and training tank.
Largest: $600,000 to CHATHAM HOUSE — to support two think tank convenings on reimagining global governance and to provide programmatic support to advance the grantees work on the environment, multilateralism, the adva…
Largest: $570,000 to OTT CONSULTING LTD — for the on think tanks initiative
Largest: $50,000 to FUSION PARTNERSHIPS INC — support leaders of a beautiful struggle's a baltimore-based grassroots think-tank, efforts to build a fee-for-serve research apparatus
Largest: $40,000 to THE TANK LTD — general operating support for theatrical productions and activities
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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 →