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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 “urgent”
Where the money went
Bob Woodruff Family FoundationLong Island City, NYCharity · may take applications
115 matching grants · $2.9M · through 2023Largest: $1.0M to THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY FOUNDATION — urgent needs support to veterans and military-connected families in maui
Largest: $1.0M to URGENT ACTION FUND ASIA & PACIFIC — to support the urgent action sister fund's care at the center holistic safety and collective care initiative
Largest: $6,500 to O Komova — providing urgent support to the individuals that have been affected by the emergency in ukraine
Largest: $10,000 to CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING INC — for support for urgent research and investigative actions related to the 2014 ayotzinapa mass kidnapping and killing case in iguala, guerrero, mexico, supporting concrete activitie…
Community Care of North CarolinaGarner, NCCharity · may take applications
19 matching grants · $331,750 · through 2024Largest: $52,231 to KINGS CLINIC AND URGENT CARE PLLC — support ehr system transition enabling integrated data connectivity for enhanced care coordination and patient outcomes
Largest: $6.0M to ATLANTIC COUNCIL OF THE UNITED STATES INC — for use by its adrienne arsht-rockefeller foundation resilience center in support of identifying, implementing, and scaling solutions to the urgent crises of climate change, migrat…
United Way of Washington CountyHagerstown, MDCharity · may take applications
17 matching grants · $342,528 · through 2024Largest: $60,775 to REACH INC — general support and urgent needs
Largest: $500,000 to URGENT ACTION FUND FOR WOMEN'S HUMAN RIGHTS — urgent response fund - ukraine
Community Foundation of North TexasFort Worth, TXCharity · may take applications
14 matching grants · $434,000 · through 2024Largest: $110,000 to SAMARITAN'S PURSE — for disaster relief in any country - $50,000 and for urgent needs in any country - $60,000
African Communities TogetherNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
12 matching grants · $180,000 · through 2024Largest: $15,000 to MASJID ABUBAKAR COMMUNITY CENTER — to respond to the urgent needs of vulnerable new arrivals in new york city
Conrad N Hilton FoundationWestlake Village, CA
9 matching grants · $3.7M · through 2023Largest: $1.0M to HELPAGE USA INC — to support urgent humanitarian needs in ukraine and neighboring countries emerging from the 2022 russian invasion
George Kaiser Family FoundationTulsa, OKCharity · may take applications
10 matching grants · $570,280 · through 2024Largest: $360,480 to Emerg Infant ServA Comm Ministry — best urgent community needs grant
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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 →