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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 “underprivileged”
Where the money went
Largest: $182,400 to MARICRUZ ARZATE — assist underprivileged individual
Taco Bell FoundationIrvine, CACharity · may take applications
67 matching grants · $23.4M · through 2024Largest: $12.1M to YOURCAUSE LLC — to provide support services and programs for underprivileged children, to help them grow up to be productive adults, and to provide them a safe environment in which to learn and pl…
Largest: $202,000 to CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF BROOME COUNTY — support underprivileged individuals in our community
Largest: $25,000 to THE SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE — to aid and advance the welfare, development and education of indigent, distressed or underprivileged children.
Largest: $35,000 to NCGA FOUNDATION — to further a primary goal of the foundation: to provide monetary assistance to organizations that provide assistance to disadvantaged or underprivileged youths, disadvantaged or de…
Noll FoundationWalnut Creek, CA
50 matching grants · $2.5M · through 2025Largest: $200,000 to HOPE INSTITUTE FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES — assistance to underprivileged children and families
The GuardsmenSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
51 matching grants · $1.3M · through 2023Largest: $221,758 to Boys & Girls Clubs of San SF — assistance for underprivileged
Largest: $20,500 to LIFT FOR LIFE — providing educational assistance and opportunities to poor, or distressed, or underprivileged, or indigent and or needy persons.
West Bay Community Charitable FoundationEstero, FLCharity · may take applications
56 matching grants · $469,000 · through 2022Largest: $20,500 to Pregnancy Resource Center — funds will be used by 501c3 charities in lee and collier counties to :1provide care and shelter to abused women and children 2provide tutoring to academically challenged students a…
Largest: $75,000 to CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES — assistance to the underprivileged
Dreambuilders FoundationBrentwood, TNCharity · may take applications
27 matching grants · $622,827 · through 2021Largest: $83,900 to OPERATION WARM — to support underprivileged children
Elwood & Rosadell MartinWilmington, NCCharity · may take applications
20 matching grants · $430,000 · through 2025Largest: $30,000 to DELCO SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH — assist needy and underprivileged individuals
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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 →