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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 “capabilities”
Where the money went
Largest: $14.5M to SCHRODINGER INC — create novel technology platform capabilities; research and learning opportunities
National Association for LatinoSan Antonio, TXCharity · may take applications
80 matching grants · $2.5M · through 2024Largest: $98,000 to HISPANIC INTEREST COALITION OF ALABAMA — small business/financial capability
Largest: $3.2M to UNIVERSITAET WIEN — in support of research to integrate quantum computing with electron microscopy, creating a new imaging technology that can provide highly detailed images of biological and material…
Largest: $50,000 to ARIVA INC — financial capability
Largest: $75,000 to BORDERLESS MAGAZINE NFP — capacity - funding to increase to the organization's capabilities or effectiveness
Largest: $125,000 to RED DE PERIODISTAS SOCIALES-PERIODISTAS A PIE AC — core support to strengthen the technical capabilities of the media and journalists in mexico to investigate the impact of megaprojects and land grabbing on communities and to cover…
Largest: $100,000 to CENTER FOR COMMUNITY SELF-HELP — scaling self-help's financial capability & coaching program
School Smart KcKansas City, MOCharity · may take applications
20 matching grants · $4.0M · through 2024Largest: $1.5M to THE EDUCATOR ACADEMY — improved capabilities and greater diversity of educators in kansas city
Largest: $1.5M to NEWS REVENUE HUB INC — accelerate the news revenue hubs capacity by scaling its technical staff to enable product, analytics, and data benchmarking capabilities, and to provide free access to those produ…
Largest: $378,198 to TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY — evaluations on the capabilities of large language models in performing research
Association of Public HealthBethesda, MDCharity · may take applications
11 matching grants · $995,461 · through 2024Largest: $294,672 to PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION ENTERPRISE — improve timeliness of newborn screening specimens. the subrecipient will implement electronic laboratory reporting (elr) capabilities to be able to report results for all laborator…
Largest: $195,000 to PER SCHOLAS INC — support financial capability pilot for per scholas alumni
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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 →