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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 “unemployed”
Where the money went
Largest: $825,000 to NETWORK OF JEWISH HUMAN SERVICE AGENCIES INC — to support a virtual job training and placement platform to better serve unemployed individuals within the jewish community, as well as general operating support for this organizat…
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
14 matching grants · $9.3M · through 2024Largest: $2.1M to W E UPJOHN UNEMPLOYMENT TRUSTEE CORPORATION — jobs and family economic security
Largest: $100,000 to MON VALLEY UNEMPLOYED COMMITTEE INC — to fix the broken pa unemployment compensation system and reform state and federal unemployment compensation policies
Heartland ForwardBentonville, ARCharity · may take applications
12 matching grants · $300,000 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to Whats Next Teacher LLC — to provide funding to businesses operating in economically depressed and/or blighted underserved areas in order to combat community deterioration, address unemployment and underemp…
Largest: $165,000 to THE NISKANEN CENTER INC — to create estimates of the marginal value of public funds for various place-based policies, and to research investments in unemployment insurance program integrity.
Michigan State Bar FoundationLansing, MICharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $1.0M · through 2024Largest: $240,770 to MAURICE & JANE SUGAR LAW CENTER FOR ECONOMIC & SOCIAL JUSTICE — unemployment funds - legal services for low-income households
Largest: $210,000 to THE WORKFAITH CONNECTION — provide training and counseling for indigent unemployed
Largest: $250,000 to STATE DEMOCRACY PROJECT — core support for unemployed workers united to respond to the current economic crisis and address systemic inequalities.
The WorkplaceBridgeport, CTCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $1.5M · through 2024Largest: $414,506 to CAPITAL WORKFORCE PARTNERS — job training & placement assistance to borrowers who have gone into mortgage foreclosure & who are unemployed or underemployed
Chamber of Commerce for GreaterPhiladelphia, PACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $1.4M · through 2024Largest: $571,413 to CHAMBER OF COMMERCE GR PHILADELPHIA — to contribute to select greater philadelphia's regional marketing effort to promote economic revitalization of the region and to attract, grow and retain businesses and jobs, inclu…
Western Illinois WorksGalesburg, ILCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $681,494 · through 2024Largest: $214,610 to TWO RIVERS REGIONAL COUNCIL OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS — to develop and administer programs and policies which further the efforts of local governments and policies which aid unemployed individuals as well as economically disadvantaged i…
Largest: $25,000 to NEW BEGINNINGS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA — general funding to help unemployed
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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 →