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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 “told”
Where the money went
Swig FoundationSan Francisco, CA
4 matching grants · $100,000 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to WOMEN'S MEDIA CENTER — works with the media to ensure that womens stories are told and womens voices are heard.
Largest: $122,417 to TMI PRODUCTIONS LLC — for truth be told, a podcasting, live and digital events community, to produce conversations about race and racism, including race and the media, and its impact on people of color
Largest: $35,000 to Truth Be Told — provides transformational tools for incarcerated women behind and beyond bars
United Way of Greater CincinnatiCincinnati, OHCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $40,138 · through 2023Largest: $13,819 to As Told By — program operating cost
Largest: $50,000 to FOREVER FOUND EIN 27-2568005 — for the purpose of supporting the organization that prevents the exploitation of our children, to support the rescue of those enslaved, and to give each child that has been told th…
Largest: $94,950 to PRISM — 78616 amplifying news coverage of lived experiences of unpaid family caregivers of young children, telling deservingness stories that aren't getting told
Largest: $40,000 to THE CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT DOCUMENT — to support film "the full never told
Largest: $15,000 to Truth Be Told — healing trauma
Largest: $2,000 to UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS — under-told stories fund
Virginia African American Cultural CenterVirginia Beach, VACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $78,000 · through 2024Largest: $78,000 to Truth Be Told — audio tour using podcast of site-specific stories regarding structural racism to begin healing
Largest: $40,000 to REJOICE DIASPORA DANCE THEATER — bem grant to support programs and operations working to diversify the contemporary dance landscape with untold stories and under-told perspectives from communities of color in clac…
Largest: $50,000 to Rejoice Diaspora Dance Theatre — for general operating support of this organization, which seeks to diversify the contemporary dance landscape with untold stories and under-told perspectives from communities of co…
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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 →