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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 “vast”
Where the money went
United States Fund for UnicefNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $40.2M · through 2024Largest: $15.1M to UNICEF USA IMPACT FUND FOR CHILDREN — the unicef usa impact fund for children exists to develop and implement financial solutions to ensure every child is healthy, educated, protected, and respected. we believe truly s…
Open Society Action FundNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $685,000 · through 2024Largest: $350,000 to TIDES ADVOCACY — to support the social welfare activities of advance native political leadership action fund, a project of the grantee that seeks to address the vast disparity and unique barriers t…
Largest: $20,000 to VETERAN ADAPTIVE SPORTS & TRAINING (VAST) — social action
Largest: $186,667 to BOSTON COLLEGE — gifts to the discretionary fund of the biology department impact facultys research within the areas of molecular cell biology and genetics, cancer and cell cycle, neurobiology, dev…
Largest: $5,000 to BROOKLYN ART SONG SOCIETY — to help the vast repertoire of poetry set to music through a collective of singers & pianists who share a love
Gold Family Charitable TrustBriarcliff Manor, NY
3 matching grants · $48,000 · through 2024Largest: $16,000 to NY NJ TRAIL CONFERENCE — to build upon and maintain a vast network of trails in and around new york and new jersey and to educate the public on the responsible use of trails and the natural environment
Maine Technology InstitutePortland, MECharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $54,985 · through 2023Largest: $24,985 to Apriqot Inc — apriqot's innovation is a platform for public health practitioners. the problem we are addressing is that the vast majority of public health practitioners do not have access to com…
Largest: $5,000 to WYOMING AGRICULTURE IN THE CLASSROOM — to develop students' understanding of wyoming's vast resources in order that they become informed citizens, capable of serving as stewards for wyoming's future
Largest: $50,000 to BADGER INSTITUTE INC — project to vastly grow reach
Largest: $3,000 to GODS VAST RESOURCES — general charitable purpose
Largest: $3,500 to HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF THE TOWN OF WARWICK — warwick savings foundation financial support has been significant in advancing the mission of the historical society of the town of warwick to preserve, share and celebrate the his…
Independent Feature ProjectBrooklyn, NYCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $60,935 · through 2024Largest: $53,914 to VAST PRODUCTIONS USA INC — fiscal sponsoree - "singing up the past"
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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 →