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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 “undocumented”
Where the money went
Largest: $150,000 to DEFINE AMERICAN — advancing health and equity for undocumented californians: to advance health and equitable systems for undocumented californians through narrative change strategies that lift up th…
Largest: $90,000 to CENTER FOR CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY — to support advocacy efforts for the expansion of husky to cover undocumented children and youth ages 16 through 18, and to monitor the husky enrollment process for undocumented chi…
The San Francisco FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $22.9M · through 2023Largest: $12.6M to UC BERKELEY FOUNDATION — for uc berkeley graduate school of journalism. to support the undocumented student program. to support the uc regents, cal performances shenson concerts. to support the dreamers (u…
Largest: $2.4M to UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY FOUNDATION — to transform the student population and create a more welcoming and inclusive campus; for the institute for governmental studies project to conduct polling and host events on democ…
Largest: $300,000 to COMMUNITY INITIATIVES — for project support for pre-health dreamers to strengthen the pipeline of undocumented immigrants and refugees in their admission to and completion of medical education in californ…
Largest: $287,992 to RAND CORP — 80900 developing a web-based tool to measure the costs and impacts of expanding coverage options for undocumented and recent legally present immigrants
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
6 matching grants · $465,000 · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to Allied Media Projects Inc — in support of the undocumented filmmakers collective
Largest: $125,000 to MEXICAN AMERICAN LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND — support for familia: trans queer liberation movement to organize against the detention, deportation, and criminalization of trans and queer latinx undocumented immigrants.
Largest: $150,000 to ALLIED MEDIA PROJECTS INC — core support for the undocumented filmmakers collective for efforts to advocate and provide professional development and career sustainability for undocumented documentary filmmake…
Ventura County Community FoundationCamarillo, CACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $180,586 · through 2023Largest: $5,734 to 805 UNDOCUFUND — to support for undocumented students at california state university channel islands (csuci) who are participating in high-impact programs such as student undergraduate research fel…
Largest: $270,000 to ALLIED MEDIA PROJECTS — undocumented filmmakers collective ($120,000); emergence media, reimagine project support: a legal framework for community-accountable mediamaking ($150,000)
Largest: $40,000 to VERA INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE — ensure legal counsel for undocumented immigrants
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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 →