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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.
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Largest: $4,222 to THE INDUSTRIAL COMMONS — if we are to receive funding from the national endowment for the arts (nea), our aim would be to record and preserve this chronicle of southern life and our complex culture through…
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: $1.0M to CANADIAN SHAREHOLDER ASSOCIATION FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION — core support for the development of a research, strategy, and capital markets hub in the global south that would help enhance the capacity of grassroots workers campaigns to effect…
Largest: $2,500 to UMC CREST CENTER FOR RURAL EDUCATION IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY — funds used to add a mobile lab that would travel to rural schools. the mobile lab would be an enclosed trailer equipped with innovative, engaging stem focused activities.
Triumph Gulf CoastTallahassee, FLCharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $16.3M · through 2024Largest: $143,519 to FLORIDA'S GREAT NORTHWEST — this grant will assist in the creation in jobs for the eight counties along the gulf coast, by funding labor market demand research. this would create a better understanding of edu…
Largest: $10,000 to MAYFIELD SENIOR SCHOOL OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS — to help maintain our historic institution as a safe, state-of-the-art campus, funds would be used to upgrade campus security.
Association of InterventionalBirmingham, MICharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $380,000 · through 2024Largest: $60,000 to Regents of the University of California — to provide financial support to fellowships that meet the grant's criteria and have a specific, detailed description of what the grant funds would be used towards and how the use w…
Largest: $3,000 to CARE FOR REAL — funds would help maintain the refrigerated hunger relief vans that pick up food from food rescue partners to distribute through food pantries and home delivery. funds would help of…
Largest: $15,000 to GMZ EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER — our general operating area for the free 2024 dream camp would assist 400 plus students and staffers.
Navigate Affordable Housing PartnersBirmingham, ALCharity · may take applications
11 matching grants · $859,250 · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to PARENTS AND CHILDREN TOGETHER — bridging the gap - pact proposes a housing grant dedicated to permanent and sustainable housing for families in morgan county. pact is proposing helping these families on a larger …
Largest: $650,000 to ROBERT W WOODRUFF LIBRARY OF THE ATLANTA UNIVERSITY CENTER INC — to support an enhancement of institutional digital infrastructure that would expand the library's preservation of, and access to, african american studies archival content and scho…
Largest: $11,220 to STAR CLUB INC — provide a monthly family food box for two months to approximately 28 children and their families who participate in the star club after-school program. family food boxes would incl…
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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 →