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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 “centro”
Where the money went
Fondos Unidos De Puerto Rico Inc & United Way Puerto RicoSan Juan, PRCharity · may take applications
114 matching grants · $5.8M · through 2024Largest: $34,650 to CENTRO DE DESAROLLO Y SERVICIOS ESPECIALIZADOS INC (CENTRO ESPIBI) — to cover program services of participation agencies
Largest: $244,000 to CENTRO ECUMENICO DE PROMOCION Y ACCION SOCIAL NORTE — core support to grupo propuesta ciudadana to increase civil society participation in regional debates about income diversification, and project support to develop research on artis…
Largest: $343,347 to CENTRO INTERNACIONAL DE AGRICULTURA TROPICAL — agricultural development; research and learning opportunities
Largest: $750,000 to CENTRO BRASIL NO CLIMA — to support the grantee's work studying brazil's capacity to implement a robust subnational strategy emphasizing climate as a critical opportunity for socio-economic development
Largest: $450,000 to ASOCIACION CIVIL CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS LEGALES Y SOCIALES — general operating support
Largest: $450,000 to ONG Centro de Promocin y Defensa de los Derechos Sexuales y Reproductivos — just societies
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
37 matching grants · $4.2M · through 2024Largest: $350,000 to CENTRO MEXICANO DE DERECHO AMBIENTAL AC — enable the organization to achieve its mission to promote and defend the right to a healthy environment in mexico, with a multidisciplinary and collective approach, for the protect…
Tides FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
33 matching grants · $1.9M · through 2024Largest: $191,875 to CENTRO BINACIONAL PARA EL DESARROLLO INDIGENA OAXAQUENO — healthy individuals and communities
Hispanic FederationNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
32 matching grants · $1.3M · through 2025Largest: $117,529 to CENTRO PERIODISMO INVEST INC — grant to support center investigative journalist pr
Tides CenterSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
23 matching grants · $1.5M · through 2024Largest: $210,000 to CENTRO LABORAL DE GRATON — equity, human rights, and economic empowerment
Largest: $200,000 to CENTRO BINACIONAL PARA EL DESARROLLO INDIGENA OAXA — general operating support
Seattle FoundationSeattle, WACharity · may take applications
24 matching grants · $509,640 · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to EL CENTRO DE LA RAZA — to provide general support.
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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 →

