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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 “texts”
Where the money went
Largest: $90,000 to Karma Phuntsho — translating buddhist texts
Largest: $200,000 to DARTMOUTH COLLEGE — to support demonstration projects to advance the argument that text and data mining of content constitute applications of fair use under the digital millennium copyright act
Largest: $50,000 to KENNESAW STATE - HONORS COLLEGE & PRESIDENT'S EMERGING GLOBAL SCHOLARS — support high-potential academic recruitment program; student scholarships; scholarships for city as text program; scholarships for pegs program travel; community service learning p…
Largest: $9.0M to CRISIS TEXT LINE — general operating support
Weisman FoundationSan Francisco, CA
6 matching grants · $11,800 · through 2025Largest: $3,500 to Temple Emanu-El — to advance our members' lifelong involvement in judaism, engaging them in communal prayer (avodah), the study of sacred texts (torah), and the performance of compassionate deeds (g…
The Mental Health Association of New YorkNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $55.7M · through 2024Largest: $21.3M to CRISIS TEXT LINE INC — lifeline services
LmclNew York, NY
3 matching grants · $361,791 · through 2024Largest: $257,923 to LEGACY HERITAGE TEACHERS INSTITUTE — a program for day school teachers that teach a text based judaic studies subject.
Mt Bethel Elementary School FoundationMarietta, GACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $506,251 · through 2025Largest: $164,829 to MOUNT BETHEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL — to provide resources such as technology and training to the school for educational enrichment in the stem program. this includes teacher training, substitute costs, stem lab suppli…
Caring for Denver FoundationDenver, COCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $949,062 · through 2025Largest: $204,499 to CRISIS TEXT LINE — crisis text linefree
Largest: $84,500 to Crisis Text Line — celebration grant: spanish language launch
Largest: $54,000 to UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN THE — thomas jefferson center for the study of core texts and ideas
Archstone FoundationNewport Beach, CA
4 matching grants · $297,542 · through 2023Largest: $170,012 to UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON — enhancing delivery of depression treatment for older adults through text messages
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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 →