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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 “ultimate”
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Meb Alliance for Educator DiversityPeachtree City, GACharity · may take applications
49 matching grants · $6.0M · through 2024Largest: $1.5M to MURSION INC — to strengthen teacher preparation at msis by improving the teaching and learning conditions for all candidates, increasing capacity of the msi to implement a sustainable process of…
Noah'S Hope-Hope 4 Bridget FoundationHuntley, ILCharity · may take applications
15 matching grants · $666,773 · through 2024Largest: $130,000 to SANFORD RESEARCH — research and trials toward the ultimate goal of irradicating batten disease
Largest: $300,000 to JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY — to conduct research to assess how medicare advantage plans create value and effectively manage utilization with the ultimate goal of helping to make the delivery of health care mor…
Largest: $351,446 to ULTIMATE BLOCK PARTY INC — playful learning design course for college and graduate students
Largest: $250,000 to EQUALITY CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE — transforming the narrative for lgbtq+ health: to equip a network of lgbtq+ and allied organizational partners with messaging and materials to inoculate californians against misinfo…
Largest: $14,966 to Minnesota Office of Higher Education — to meet in-person with national p-20 council leaders that i have connected with. these visits are intended to inform minnesota's p-20 strategic planning process by providing us wit…
Largest: $225,000 to CURE ADDICTION NOW — dedicated to the understanding, treatment and ultimate cure of "drug addiction", scientifically known as substance use disorder (sud) while simultaneously addressing the importance…
Largest: $260,000 to The Joan Ganz Cooney Center for Educational Media and Research Inc — to launch the cooney learning lab, which will allow education product developers to co-design new products directly with youth, helping ensure these products meet youth's needs and…
Largest: $300,000 to CENTER FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT — to inform policy making related to and improve china's approaches to development finance through research and advocacy, to ultimately improve the lives of developing country citize…
Largest: $50,000 to ULTIMATE PEACE INC — general support for ultimate peace, inc
Largest: $99,400 to Alzheimer's Association — to provide vital care and support programs for people affected by alzheimer's and advance critical research aimed at finding methods of treatment, prevention and, ultimately, a cur…
The Stanley & JoyceBeverly Hills, CA
5 matching grants · $35,000 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to RACE TO ERASE MS — to support research for the treatment and ultimate cure of multiple sclerosis.
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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 →