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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 “write”
Where the money went
Largest: $150,000 to FAMILY PICTURES INSTITUTE FOR INCLUSIVE STORYTELLING — to support the research and writing of a full treatment for my mother, the scientist, a 90-minute personal documentary about the challenge of recruiting more blacks into stem
National Writing Project CorporationBerkeley, CACharity · may take applications
41 matching grants · $2.0M · through 2023Largest: $109,000 to BAY AREA WRITING PROJECT — grants to writing projects to support local and national programs
Largest: $50,000 to GIRLS WRITE NOW — the girls write now collaboratory
Largest: $151,000 to UNIVERSITY OF IOWA — scholarship-creative writing
Largest: $35,000 to JESSICA HLAY — grant to graduate student to assist with writing dissertation
Largest: $20,000 to CASEY GOLOMSKI — golomski, casey (new hampshire, u. of) "engaging regina twalas ethnography: a workshop on black womens scholarship, multi-genre writing, and the history of anthropology in africa"
Largest: $100,000 to THE BROOKLYN WRITING PROJECT INC — to support research and writing a book on jordan neely
Largest: $8,000 to NADIA MARZOUKI — to write a book that investigates the emergence of a struggle between "religious nationalism and "civic ecumenism" in the united states and europe
Largest: $30,000 to FREE MINDS BOOK CLUB & WRITING WORKSHOP — creative writing program
Largest: $2.9M to THE CENTER FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH AND SOCIAL CHANGE INC — to continue support for the writing freedom fellowship
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
13 matching grants · $999,750 · through 2023Largest: $100,000 to Law and Civics Reading and Writing Institute — in support of law and civics reading and writing institute's environmental justice field research program.
Largest: $48,330 to NEIGHBORS IN MINISTRY INC — grantee seeks to engage red rocket nonprofits for grant consulting services to include grant readiness, research, scoping and writing, administration, and reporting, in order to he…
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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 →