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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 “uplift”
Where the money went
Largest: $25,000 to ASIAN AMERICAN JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION — los angeles chapter - uplifting asian americans via health journalism: to uplift the voices of the asian american and pacific islander community by educating health journalists and…
Largest: $1.2M to AMALGAMATED CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC — core support to the families and workers fund, working to build a more equitable economy to uplift all
Largest: $75,000 to Southeast Uplift Neighborhood Program sponsor for Black & Beyond the Binar — to support black & beyond the binary collective, which works to empower and uplift the the black transgender, queer, nonbinary and intersex communities
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
10 matching grants · $2.5M · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to NEW MEXICO IN DEPTH INC — enable the organization to achieve its mission to produce investigative, data-rich stories and raise public consciousness and uplift community-driven solutions by providing general…
Largest: $1.8M to NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS INC — 81974 supporting resilience creative in creating climate entertainment that empowers and uplifts, promoting awareness of climate change and health equity
Largest: $25,000 to UPLIFT NORTHWEST — basic services at uplift northwest
Largest: $30,100 to CRYAMERICAORG — to work for the upliftment of the society.
Largest: $750,000 to UPLIFT AFGHANISTAN FUND — to pilot electronic direct aid mechanisms in support of afghan women
Allied Media ProjectsDetroit, MICharity · may take applications
10 matching grants · $240,500 · through 2022Largest: $16,750 to SOULARDARITY — work directly with mejc and other energy democracy partners to develop and share an energy democracy narrative b. attend three core meetings about energy justice and democracy comm…
Seattle FoundationSeattle, WACharity · may take applications
11 matching grants · $103,398 · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to UPLIFT NORTHWEST — to provide general support
Largest: $75,000 to CHINESE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA — one year of general operating support to build capacity, reorganize and preserve chinese american historical archives, and provide programming to uplift aapi creativity, community,…
Arkansas Community FoundationLittle Rock, ARCharity · may take applications
15 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2023Largest: $75,000 to GROWING AND COPING TOGETHER INC - PO BOX 8815 SPRINGDALE AR 72764 — to support the program outlined in the 2023 uplift cohort capacity building implementation proposal
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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 →