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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 “verification”
Where the money went
Washington Association ofLacey, WACharity · may take applications
124 matching grants · $14.5M · through 2024Largest: $625,732 to KING COUNTY — sex offender address verification, internet crimes task force pass thru grant
Largest: $8.0M to SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION — to support launch of the global geo-trees initiative for tropical forests, which will create a high-resolution carbon biomass verification system based on a worldwide network of fo…
Largest: $200,000 to TIDELINE VERIFICATION SERVICES INC — in support of advancing the development, market testing, and public education efforts at bluemark related to verification of impact performance reports associated with activities o…
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $1.8M · through 2022Largest: $1.3M to The George Washington University — support for the antibiotic resistance action center's work in reducing antibiotic use in food animal production by educating and mobilizing prominent purchasers of meat and poultry…
Largest: $618,939 to AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS — geriatric surgery verification (gsv) phase ii: evaluation and improvement
John Templeton FoundationWest Conshohocken, PA
3 matching grants · $870,566 · through 2024Largest: $290,190 to BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY — asipt verification and renewal curriculum: convening experts, developing solutions, deploying curricula
Largest: $168,185 to REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY — to promote replication and reproducibility in economics by training researchers to comply with a forthcoming american economic association data/code verification policy and designi…
Largest: $70,000 to MEEDAN INC — to support the research, development and distribution of innovative fact-checking, verification and annotation technology to combat online disinformation.
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of ColoradoOakland, CACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $50,000 · through 2022Largest: $20,000 to Denver Public Schools — student contact verification donation
Association of Public HealthBethesda, MDCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $222,788 · through 2022Largest: $222,788 to WISCONSIN STATE LAB OF HYGIENE — the wisconsin state laboratory of hygiene (wslh) provides a variety of materials production and verification services for the centers for disease control & prevention (cdc), for th…
Mobile Voting FoundationArvada, COCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $50,000 · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to DEMOCRACY LIVE INC — support technology research and development of supplemental verification tools to enhance the security and verifiability of electronic ballot return technology for military and ove…
National Council of State BoardsChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $350,000 · through 2024Largest: $350,000 to California State Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians — financial assistance to replace lost verification fee revenues during a transition period for purposes of adopting and implementing full participation in nursys
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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 →