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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 “third”
Where the money went
Largest: $450,000 to CENTER FOR THIRD WORLD ORGANIZING — 82223 general operating support for the center for third world organizing
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
36 matching grants · $8.7M · through 2024Largest: $987,383 to BILOXI PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT — improve educational outcomes of students to ensure that children have the greatest chance of reading at or above grade level by the end of third grade by supporting pre-k programmi…
Largest: $150,000 to (821) THIRD SECTOR NEW ENGLAND INC — to support building movement project's continued "race to lead" research and a leadership documentation project
Largest: $125,000 to THIRD SECTOR NEW ENGLAND INC — core support for the third phase of building movement project's (bmp) race to lead research agenda, and launch of bmps race equity assessment to support culture change in nonprofit…
Largest: $250,000 to THIRD SECTOR CAPITAL PARTNERS INC — this grant will support the partnership with third sector capital partners (tcsp) to strengthen their internal capacity to further integrate a focus on racial equity internally and…
Largest: $2.8M to THIRD SECTOR NEW ENGLAND INC — research and education on early childhood development
Common Counsel FoundationOakland, CACharity · may take applications
19 matching grants · $6.2M · through 2024Largest: $3.0M to CENTER FOR THIRD WORLD ORGANIZING — project support for persimmon collective
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
24 matching grants · $1.3M · through 2023Largest: $66,000 to Friends of the Parks — support for the promontory point conservancy, for an independent third party marine engineering study of the historic limestone revetment at promontory point, general operating sup…
Largest: $47,500 to THIRD SECTOR NEW ENGLAND — support for worker's justice project, a fiscally sponsored project of third sector new england.
Largest: $1.6M to THIRD SECTOR NEW ENGLAND INC — for the early childhood investment collaborative
Largest: $400,000 to THIRD WAY INSTITUTE — for supply chain manufacturing research
Largest: $15,000 to ACADEMY OF THE PACIFIC RIM — urgent third floor window replacement to reduce carbon footprint and increase healthy work & study school environment
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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 →