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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 “user”
Where the money went
Largest: $843,319 to UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY — to improve the user experience (ux) of scientific software through development of an open source design system, infrastructure for collaborative prototyping on user interfaces, and…
Largest: $50,000 to Nature Conservancy — to help increase the value of the northeast ocean data portal to a broad swath of users by focusing on three aspects: training key users, creating value in the portal for additiona…
Largest: $39,904 to INTERNET SECURITY RESEARCH GROUP — 79562 helping develop a system that allows application owners to collect user data while preserving user privacy protections
Largest: $15,000 to Colorado River Water Users Association — to support the colorado river water users association's 2024 conference.
Maine Technology InstitutePortland, MECharity · may take applications
12 matching grants · $504,000 · through 2023Largest: $50,000 to DeepCharge Inc — deepcharge is a pioneering technology startup that has developed innovative wireless charging solutions. our breakthrough technology combines wireless power transmission with advan…
Largest: $400,000 to OPEN FUNCTION GROUP — to utilize generative ai to streamline data integration workflows and empower non-technical users
Largest: $147,144 to SAN FRANCISCO WIRELESS EMERGENCY MESH INC - BAY AREA MESH — to build a wireless backbone between multiple rural counties within northern eastern california, otherwise known as the high sierras. the intention of the network is to build a com…
Largest: $115,000 to CHILDREN AND YOUTH CABINET — support the evidence2success cohorts two and three with program implementation and provide technical assistance to evidence2success toolkit users
Largest: $49,995 to COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF NORTHWEST MONTANA — supportive housing units for frequent user system engagement (fuse) or like populations
Sage BionetworksSeattle, WACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $430,434 · through 2024Largest: $204,479 to Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center — perform all work related to the proposed brca pre-cancer atlas instance of the cbioportal for cancer genomics. build, maintain and run automated pipelines that transfer data from s…
Largest: $550,000 to Access Now — support digital rights of world users at risk.
Lighthouse Guild InternationalNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $23.5M · through 2024Largest: $8.4M to JGB REHABILITATION CORPORATION — various programs-to support the operations of the health center, adult day care and tech center programs. the health center provided medical and vision care services to approximate…
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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 →