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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 “whose”
Where the money went
Largest: $217,500 to HONORHEALTH FOUNDATION — private nonprofit organizations whose primary purpose is to promote the practice of charitable giving and volunteering or to represent and serve a wide range of philanthropic and c…
The Stanley & JoyceBeverly Hills, CA
38 matching grants · $366,800 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to CHABAD OF CALIFORNIA — to support a community based nonprofit organization whose efforts are rooted in traditional jewish values whose mission is to nurture the special relationship that every human bein…
Largest: $20,000 to RONNY QUEVEDO — to support artists whose work shows promise of further development
Largest: $9,250 to Up on Top — the foundation made donations / contributions to organizations whose purpose is to benefit either chidren's causes or women's rights issues related to reducing gender bias.
Largest: $1.0M to WOMEN'S FOUNDATION OF CALIFORNIA — promoting health equity through women's leadership development: to support the programs and operations of the "dr. beatriz maria solis policy institute," formerly the women's polic…
Quarterbacking Children'S HealthBirmingham, ALCharity · may take applications
28 matching grants · $1.9M · through 2022Largest: $875,000 to Children's of Alabama — fulfill medical needs for children, whose needs would otherwise be unmet.
Largest: $10,000 to RIVERFRONT ARTS CENTER — to support educational institutions and organizations whose aims are to promote the humanities
Largest: $5,000 to HAWAII AG AND CULINARY ALLIANCE — to support the michael ginor scholarship fund in memory of michael ginor, whose work to connect hawaii and israel through education, agriculture, cuisine and diplomacy will leave a…
Largest: $14,000 to CHABAD LUBAVITCH — to support a community-based nonprofit organization whose efforts are rooted in traditional jewish values.
Largest: $190,000 to Flint River Watershed Coalition — to provide support to a coalition whose mission is to promote the value of the flint river ecosystem through citizen engagement and restoration efforts.
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
8 matching grants · $18.4M · through 2023Largest: $40,000 to American University — in support of the research project "who is telling whose stories in contemporary documentary?"
Largest: $170,000 to Fellowship Prog Grants Appr Prior F — the fellowship program is intended to support highly talented graduate students in new england and california whose studies are directed toward improving environmental issues. awar…
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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 →