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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 “traditioned”
Where the money went
Largest: $36,000 to Dario Novellino — fellowships in the collection of oral literature & traditional knowledge
Largest: $150,000 to SOUTH SAHARAN SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATION — core support for work with women leaders in traditional, civic, and civil society sectors to hold traditional institutions accountable for their roles in the prevention of gender b…
Mid Atlantic ArtsBaltimore, MDCharity · may take applications
75 matching grants · $1.2M · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to SHACK NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC — folk and traditional arts
Largest: $4,250 to Raythan Robbins — traditional scholarship
Turning Point USAIndianapolis, INCharity · may take applications
26 matching grants · $43.0M · through 2024Largest: $11.0M to TURNING POINT ENDOWMENT — awareness of traditional american values
Largest: $125,000 to ALLIANCE FOR CALIFORNIA TRADITIONAL ARTS — promoting health equity in boyle heights and beyond: to advance health equity through traditional and cultural arts practices in partnership with community organizations and youth …
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
25 matching grants · $5.9M · through 2022Largest: $20,000 to GLOBAL PEDIATRIC ALLIANCE — support the attendance of at least twenty-five traditional midwives to participate in two national meetings on the advancement of the national agenda for the defense and promotion …
Largest: $100,000 to BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY ALUMNI AND FOUNDATION — traditional sustainability studies program for faculty and students
Largest: $6.0M to VELA Education Fund — to invest in education innovation occurring outside the bounds of traditional school, reaching millions of underserved students and families.
Largest: $80,000 to Mekong Watch — to support advocacy, collaborative local research, environmental education, and information dissemination in laos and cambodia to strengthen access to and traditional use of natura…
Largest: $200,000 to FORDHAM UNIVERSITY — fordham university, the jesuit university of new york, is committed to the discovery of wisdom and the transmission of learning, through research and through undergraduate, graduat…
Largest: $202,835 to SETI INSTITUTE — in support of research experiences in astronomy for undergraduate students from backgrounds traditionally underrepresented in science.
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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 →