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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.
10 funders with a record of paying for “uncertain”
Where the money went
Dscw Kennedy FoundationRancho Palos Verdes, CA
5 matching grants · $175,000 · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to INSTITUTE OF RANGE & AMERICAN MUSTANG — to save the lives of a mustang family group from an uncertain future and offer them a second chance.
Largest: $429,750 to SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY — strengthening a holistic, community-based pre-collegiate and collegiate support system to enhance college matriculation, persistence, and success among latinx students in east san …
Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine ArtsChicago, IL
1 matching grant · $10,000 · through 2023Largest: $10,000 to Ozayr Saloojee & Jamie Vanucchi — design research for uncertain futures
Largest: $67,106 to RAND CORP — 77289 helping normalize provider-patient cost conversations about medical tests that may trigger cascades of downstream medical services of uncertain value
The Institute for New Economic ThinkingNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $68,328 · through 2022Largest: $68,328 to NEW YORK UNIVERSITY — knightian uncertainity economics
Largest: $40,000 to TRIBELESS YOUTH COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATION — for support for the usanii, uwazi na uajibikaji: artists and creatives for transparency and accountability in uncertain times project to incubate young artists in rural communities…
Largest: $40,000 to California Shakespeare Theater — theater in uncertain times
Largest: $10,000 to ENERGY ACTION NETWORK — advancing climate progress in uncertain times
Largest: $8,400 to UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN — analysis and control of uncertain population models
Walnut Creek Rotary Club CommunityWalnut Creek, CACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $5,000 · through 2024Largest: $5,000 to CASA CCC — to work for abused, neglected and abandoned children and youth in foster care. to provide a powerful voice for a child or youth during their uncertain journey in the foster care sy…
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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 →