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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 “wisdom”
Where the money went
Largest: $60,000 to WISDOM PUBLICATIONS — the leading publisher of contemporary and classic books and practical works on buddhism, mindfulness, meditation, and other contemplative traditions. wisdom is a nonprofit charitab…
Tides FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
11 matching grants · $2.4M · through 2024Largest: $700,000 to WISDOM PROJECTS INC — quality education
The San Francisco FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $2.6M · through 2024Largest: $2.5M to THE TIDES CENTER — program - to establish a statewide black housing fund. program - to support youth organizing. program - to support lift up contra costa. program - to support equity officers across…
Largest: $40,000 to WISDOM OF THE ELDERS INCORPORATED — support operations and digitize wisdom of the elders' analog media archives to increase access and expand curriculum across oregon
Largest: $25,000 to FJC - A FOUNDATION OF PHILANTHROPIC FUNDS (INSIDE OUT WISDOM PROJECT) — appying jewish wisdom
Largest: $92,959 to SOCRATUS COLLECTIVE WISDOM CORPORATION — to support research and virtual convenings, develop online resources, and initiate a peer-to-peer learning community on active citizenship as an approach towards addressing develop…
Rsf Social FinanceSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $529,877 · through 2023Largest: $100,000 to WISDOM SUPPLY CO — for working capital to market, repackage and build inventory for the 2023/2024 amplified relaunch of wisdom supply co.'s proven zero waste products (binders and planners)
Largest: $90,000 to Wisdom of the Elderberry FarmElderberry Wisdom Farm — to train native american and bipoc students in traditional ecological knowledge to restore sacred landscapes in the mid-willamette valley
Largest: $252,612 to UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK — 80881 transmitting wisdom from senior leaders in the academic health sciences to the next generation of aspirational underrepresented minority leaders
Largest: $4.5M to GADEN PHODRAMG FOUNDATION OF THE DALAI LAMA — the grant is to support the programs with focus on the preservation of contemplative wisdom and the establishment of centers for the ancient learning.
Nia Tero FoundationSeattle, WACharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $743,590 · through 2024Largest: $410,000 to RSF SOCIAL FINANCE INC — support indigenous practice and wisdom
Largest: $350,000 to TIDES FOUNDATION — project support: wisdom projects
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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 →