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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 “welcome”
Where the money went
GofundmeorgWest Hollywood, CACharity · may take applications
167 matching grants · $12.1M · through 2023Largest: $50,000 to THE WELCOME CO-OP — welcome fund:afghanistan welcome.us
Elks National Veterans ServiceChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
115 matching grants · $1.9M · through 2023Largest: $65,622 to PEEKSKILL NY NO 744 — welcome home kit grant
New York Immigration CoalitionNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
78 matching grants · $14.6M · through 2024Largest: $284,000 to CABRINI IMMIGRANT SERVICES OF NYC — welcoming ny: resettlement campaign regrant (ona); welcoming ny regrant (stavros); 2024 working families tax credit regrant
Largest: $17,500 to UNDER 1 ROOF — welcome home initiative - welcome baskets
Rose Community FoundationDenver, COCharity · may take applications
25 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2024Largest: $61,495 to Denver Health Foundation — paramedic scholarship fund, welcoming newcomers
Dream PartnershipCamp Hill, PACharity · may take applications
23 matching grants · $652,619 · through 2024Largest: $81,855 to PENN STATE UNIVERSITY (HARRISBURG) — to provide inclusive education and offer students opportunities for global perspectives, interactive learning, and personal attention, through a welcoming and safe environment, ind…
Archewell FoundationBeverly Hills, CACharity · may take applications
22 matching grants · $602,410 · through 2024Largest: $29,510 to SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (FOR SOFT LANDING MISSOULA) — to build community for refugees in the welcome project
Largest: $46,429 to SOCIAL FINANCE LTD — for support of welcome hubs to build local and regional initiatives to welcome refugees
Veterans United FoundationColumbia, MOCharity · may take applications
14 matching grants · $811,000 · through 2025Largest: $15,000 to WELCOME HOME INC — casino night & whiskey, wine, welcome home
Largest: $300,000 to ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC — to support the community sponsorship hub, a fiscally sponsored project, to expand the welcome corps, a community sponsorship program
Largest: $5,000 to All Bikes Welcome — to sponsor grit fest, a 3-day mountain biking festival held in nwa, which welcomes riders of all backgrounds
Largest: $55,000 to CHEBEAGUE ISLAND COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION — to provide a welcoming center to foster the learning of the entire island community
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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 →