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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 “voluntarism”
Where the money went
Community Foundation for SoutheastDetroit, MICharity · may take applications
102 matching grants · $36.5M · through 2024Largest: $8.8M to FIDELITY CHARITABLE GIFT FUND — philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking foundations
Community Foundation for Palm Beach andWest Palm Beach, FLCharity · may take applications
66 matching grants · $3.3M · through 2024Largest: $505,352 to UNITED WAY OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC — philanthropy voluntarism and grant making foundations
Largest: $4.5M to UNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC — philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations
Rockefeller Philanthropy AdvisorsNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
47 matching grants · $14.7M · through 2024Largest: $1.3M to NEW VENTURE FUND — civil rights, social action & advocacy, crime & legal-related, education, civil rights, social action & advocacy, social science, education, philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking…
Community Foundation for the Fox ValleyAppleton, WICharity · may take applications
46 matching grants · $6.0M · through 2024Largest: $1.4M to OSHKOSH AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — philanthropy, voluntarism
The Denver FoundationDenver, COCharity · may take applications
37 matching grants · $45.3M · through 2024Largest: $25.0M to NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST — philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking foundations n.e.c.
Communities Foundation of OklahomaOklahoma City, OKCharity · may take applications
36 matching grants · $1.6M · through 2024Largest: $500,000 to COMMUNITY RENEWAL OF POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY — philanthropy, voluntarism, and grantmaking foundations
Greater Northwest Kansas CommunityBird City, KSCharity · may take applications
28 matching grants · $15.8M · through 2024Largest: $14.9M to BIRD CITY CENTURY II DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION — philanthropy, voluntarism, grantmaking foundation
Kalamazoo Community FoundationKalamazoo, MICharity · may take applications
30 matching grants · $3.5M · through 2024Largest: $925,382 to SOUTH HAVEN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — philanthropy, voluntarism & grant making foundations
The Community Foundation of Sarasota CoSarasota, FLCharity · may take applications
23 matching grants · $6.2M · through 2024Largest: $4.1M to FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND — philanthropy, voluntarism, and grantmaking foundations
The Pittsburgh FoundationPittsburgh, PACharity · may take applications
24 matching grants · $3.5M · through 2024Largest: $1.3M to SCHWAB CHARITABLE FUND — philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking fdns
The Community Foundation of LouisvilleLouisville, KYCharity · may take applications
17 matching grants · $6.0M · through 2024Largest: $2.9M to COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOUISVILLE INC — t philanthropy voluntarism and grantmaking
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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 →