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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 “wgbh”
Where the money went
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
15 matching grants · $4.1M · through 2024Largest: $650,000 to WGBH Educational Foundation — in support of frontline
Largest: $1.0M to WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION — to support the production and associated marketing and promotion of two prime time american experience documentary films about the role of science and technology in history
The New York Community TrustNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $388,000 · through 2024Largest: $167,500 to WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION — for program support.
Largest: $50,000 to WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION — for production of the riot report (working title), to chronicle the story behind the report from the kernercommission researching and detailing the root causes of riots and unrest …
Largest: $300,000 to WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION — for frontline season 42
Largest: $125,000 to WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION — frontline's investigative journalist equity initiative
Largest: $50,000 to WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION — ulysses quartet artist in residence
Largest: $390,000 to WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION — frontline columbia and cuny tow fellowships & the investigative journalist equity initiative
The Better Angels SocietyWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $808,250 · through 2025Largest: $280,000 to WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION — support for production of documentary films, outreach, education
Boston FoundationBoston, MACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $1.0M · through 2024Largest: $339,041 to WGBH Educational Foundation — operating support/annual fund
Largest: $351,000 to WGBH Educational Foundation — as a one-time only grant for a project on educational materials related to nuclear security issues
Largest: $5.5M to WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION — to support the american archive of public brd.casting to preserve endangered public media holdings at scale for future access and use
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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 →