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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 “taxpayers”
Where the money went
Cash Campaign of MarylandBaltimore, MDCharity · may take applications
48 matching grants · $1.0M · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to SHORE UP INC — provide tax prep for low income taxpayers
Largest: $273,000 to TAXPAYERS FOR COMMON SENSE — to research and convene stakeholders on program integrity reforms to the farm bill and defense programs.
Ncta - the Internet & TelevisionWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $90,000 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to NATIONAL TAXPAYERS UNION — national taxpayers union 2022 support
Donors TrustAlexandria, VACharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $845,050 · through 2024Largest: $288,500 to Taxpayer Foundation of Oregon — for general operations
Largest: $100,000 to ALZHEIMER'S ASSOC — to support general charitable activities carried on by each charitable organization such as religious, scientific, literary, and educational activities. all charitable organization…
Fund for Constitutional GovernmentWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $195,000 · through 2024Largest: $40,000 to TAXPAYERS FOR COMMON SENSE — research project
Advocacy Action FundMenlo Park, CACharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $630,000 · through 2024Largest: $300,000 to TAXPAYERS FOR COMMON SENSE — to support work that identifies waste, fraud, and abuse in carbon capture and sequestration
Largest: $10,000 to National Taxpayers Union Foundation — to support a legal fellowship
The San Diego FoundationSan Diego, CACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $210,000 · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to SAN DIEGO TAXPAYERS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION — to support san diego taxpayers for the pros board project ($50,000 for fy24 and $50,000 for fy25)
Largest: $225,000 to Comunidades Organizando El Poder Y La Accion Latina COPAL Education — to expand the individual taxpayer identification numbers research to inform changes to career licensing exams.
Largest: $150,000 to Ventura County Taxpayers Foundation — support informing taxpayers on issues effecting ventura county and the wise use of public money
Action NowHouston, TXCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $502,965 · through 2025Largest: $150,000 to NATIONAL TAXPAYERS UNION — to commission a polling and research firm to explore important topics directly related to the tax cuts and jobs act of 2017.
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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 →