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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 “xxxx”
Where the money went
Largest: $247,500 to MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED XXX-XX-XXXX (BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S) — randomized controlled trial of a novel multi-component, self-administered virtual reality psychosocial intervention (bmt-vr) for patients undergoing bone marrow transplantation
Largest: $130,000 to PEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC — eitan (amuta xxx-xx-xxxx): training and nutrition program for special needs individuals in the galilee
First Community Foundation PartnershipWilliamsport, PACharity · may take applications
28 matching grants · $284,714 · through 2025Largest: $7,250 to PENN STATE UNIVERSITY — renson, caitlin/student id# xxx-xx-xxxx/grant# xxx-xx-xxxx
Largest: $50,000 to BG — support of increasing gender diversity from non us universities in the areas of science and engineering by supplementing the post-doctoral research stipend offered at the universit…
Madison Community FoundationMadison, WICharity · may take applications
11 matching grants · $161,315 · through 2024Largest: $55,000 to UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION — chancellor rebecca blank great people scholarship fund (xxx-xx-xxxx)
Largest: $9.7M to 11881664 GENERATION IM GLOBAL EQ ON 7124 BV XXX-XX-XXXX — general operating
Largest: $10,000 to OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY — vaun halstead id xxx-xx-xxxx - alex reser scholarship
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $314,000 · through 2021Largest: $115,000 to University of Wisconsin Foundation — contribution to the champs facility dog endowment fund: xxx-xx-xxxx. support of carbone cancer center. contribution to the school of veterinary medicine fund - xxx-xx-xxxx. contrib…
Largest: $75,000 to PEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS — leshem - expanding access to general studies/educational opportunities for haredi youth (xxx-xx-xxxx)
New Mexico Community FoundationSanta Fe, NMCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $40,000 · through 2024Largest: $30,000 to REGENTS OF NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY — estevan montelongo (xxx-xx-xxxx) spring 2024 semester, jeanny hernandez (xxx-xx-xxxx) spring 2024 semester, maria del sol nunez-pena (xxx-xx-xxxx) spring 2024 semester, mickayla bi…
Lakeshore Community FoundationManitowoc, WICharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $122,493 · through 2025Largest: $82,093 to UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION — $500 wisconsin alzheimer's disease research center fund; $5,000 research for men's breast cancer; $5,693 hippity hop fund - xxx-xx-xxxx; $25,000 uw carbone cancer center - breast c…
Largest: $3,000 to UNIVERSITY OF ST FRANCIS — scholarships for jose martinez student id 800430115elizabeth martinez student id 800428756gisselle rangel student id xxx-xx-xxxx
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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 →