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12 funders with a record of paying for “upstart”
Where the money went
Largest: $100,000 to UPSTART BAY AREA — the collaboratory
Largest: $350,000 to UpStart Bay Area — to support upstart's programs, alumni services, and to serve as a partner for the foundation's venture philanthropy work.
Largest: $300,000 to UPSTART — to support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
Largest: $650,000 to TINY NEWS COLLECTIVE INC — to expand publisher access to tiny news's suite of shared services and thus reduce the barriers to entry for the wave of small, upstart news organizations launching around the coun…
Largest: $275,000 to UPSTART BAY AREA — general operating
Largest: $179,385 to UPSTART BAY AREA — jewish community
Largest: $206,780 to Upstart Bay Area — charitable purposes of the organization
Largest: $150,000 to UPSTART — project support for work with small and mid-size jewish communities and their social entrepreneurs
Jewish Community Federation of SanSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $329,040 · through 2023Largest: $134,940 to UPSTART BAY AREA — public/society benefit
Largest: $7,500 to UPSTART MAINE — mastermind: 8-12 women founders technical resources & expenses
Largest: $50,000 to WATERFORD INSTITUTE INC — waterford upstart summer learning path chicago
The Philadelphia FoundationPhiladelphia, PACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $150,000 · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS — upstart co-lab
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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 →