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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 “video”
Where the money went
Largest: $25,000 to Raven Johnson — support for two-year jerome hill artist fellowship (film, video and digital production)
Largest: $700,000 to SCRIBE VIDEO CENTER — for continued general operating support.
Southern Colorado EducationalColorado Springs, COCharity · may take applications
27 matching grants · $619,000 · through 2025Largest: $40,000 to University of Colorado Colorado Springs — education-video technology
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
19 matching grants · $2.8M · through 2024Largest: $250,000 to Bay Area Video Coalition Inc — in support of the mediamaker fellowship program.
Largest: $246,234 to ASPIRATION — to investigate ai chatbots for accuracy and bias and disseminate the results via videos on youtube and tiktok, while developing a network of online video practitioners
Largest: $108,000 to Parker Kenneth — project: luthier tutorial video series/content development, presentation
Largest: $650,000 to THE VIDEO CONSORTIUM INC — to launch templatized local nonfiction video hubs, a professionalized events arm, and scalable digital tools to solidify video as a more durable future component of local journalis…
Largest: $15,000 to HARVEST WORKS INC — support for commissioner and presenter of new video and music
Donors TrustAlexandria, VACharity · may take applications
13 matching grants · $736,000 · through 2024Largest: $275,000 to Emergent Order Foundation — for goodkid video projects
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
11 matching grants · $1.0M · through 2023Largest: $25,000 to Oceti Wakan-Sacred Fireplace — support for: - developing a video to introduce the program curriculum to participants - developing videos that go into detail on the workbook curriculum life skills for the young n…
Silicon Valley Community FoundationMountain View, CACharity · may take applications
10 matching grants · $881,500 · through 2024Largest: $250,000 to Verse Video Education Inc — arts & culture
Allied Media ProjectsDetroit, MICharity · may take applications
10 matching grants · $140,000 · through 2022Largest: $16,750 to SOULARDARITY — work directly with mejc and other energy democracy partners to develop and share an energy democracy narrative b. attend three core meetings about energy justice and democracy comm…
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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 →