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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 “technicians”
Where the money went
Kentucky Association of Conservation Districts FoundationFrankfort, KYCharity · may take applications
146 matching grants · $3.4M · through 2024Largest: $107,742 to ESTILL COUNTY CONSERVATION DISTRICT — passthrough grants to hire soil conservation technicians.
Pharmacy Technician Certification BoardWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
26 matching grants · $13.2M · through 2024Largest: $820,000 to ILLINOIS COUNCIL OF HEALTH-SYSTEM PHARMACISTS — to advance pharmacy technicians
Largest: $13,250 to FOX VALLEY TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION — cdl and diesel technician scholarships
Delaware Community FoundationWilmington, DECharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2024Largest: $1.0M to DELAWARE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATION — highmark healthcare center for excellence naming opportunity (terry campus, dover), restricted to support college's certified dialysis technician program, including program expense…
Largest: $25,000 to VALLEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL — in partnership with safe kids central california, valley children's hosts annual car seat check saturdays to provide education to parents/caregivers and the general community on th…
Largest: $400,000 to AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL FOUNDATION — scholarships to veterinary technician students.
Women'S Foundation of Alabama Fka theBirmingham, ALCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $274,748 · through 2023Largest: $74,748 to WALLACE STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE - HANCEVILLE — phlebotomist and medical lab technician
Massachusetts Biomedical InitiativesWorcester, MACharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $133,875 · through 2024Largest: $33,875 to MASSACHUSETTS BIOTECHNOLOGY EDUCATION FOUNDATION — biomanufacturing technician apprenticeship
Largest: $1,000 to MUSEUM OF APPLIED COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY — we are a living museum, with computer systems restored, configured, and operable for demonstrations, education, research, or re-living the old days. our staff of volunteers compris…
Largest: $49,994 to Community College of Philadelphia F — scholarship support - pharmacy technician training
The Whas Crusade for ChildrenLouisville, KYCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $187,250 · through 2023Largest: $120,000 to T J SAMSON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL — $120,000.00 for any item on grant list -- iece certified early intervention specialist, certified early intervention/behavioral technician, caregiver support program (more than wor…
Greater Milwaukee FoundationMilwaukee, WICharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $51,072 · through 2024Largest: $20,149 to FOUNDATION OF THE WISCONSIN AUTOMOBILE & TRUCK DEALERS ASSOCIATION — the technician scholarship program, with special preference for milwaukee area students
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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 →