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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 “commissioning”
Where the money went
East Bay Community FoundationOakland, CACharity · may take applications
82 matching grants · $6.2M · through 2024Largest: $61,500 to DANCERS' GROUP — commissioning of "how to not get long covid? dont get covid", the commissioning of "ghadar geet: blood and ink", the commissioning of "ja weya obaj wij, ex weya nchemaj/mi historia…
Fish & Wildlife Foundation of Florida ITallahassee, FLCharity · may take applications
74 matching grants · $2.8M · through 2024Largest: $14,000 to FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION — fwc 2022 r3 summit - international hunter education association / florida fish and wildlife conservation commission
Largest: $710,000 to PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA — core support to strengthen the institutional capacity of the institute of intercultural studies for peacebuilding and the development of a territorial agenda for rural and ethnic t…
Largest: $1.9M to TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION — research and learning opportunities
Largest: $1.5M to ILLUMINATIONS — i - great commission
National Fish and Wildlife FoundationWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
42 matching grants · $46.2M · through 2023Largest: $334,862 to DELAWARE RIVER BASIN COMMISSION — water resource management studies across delaware
Ohio History ConnectionColumbus, OHCharity · may take applications
55 matching grants · $962,251 · through 2024Largest: $40,000 to CITY OF SANDUSKY — america 250-ohio commission grant
Largest: $412,500 to NATIONAL BLACK CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE INC — for a commission on the science of learning and student achievement
Largest: $831,164 to SOUTHWESTERN CHILD DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION INC — this grant will support southwestern child development commission in continued design and operation of an apprenticeship nc program focused on early childhood educators.
Largest: $200,000 to NATIONAL SAWDUST — composer fellowships and commissions
Largest: $94,334 to ASSOCIATION OF NEW JERSEY ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSIONS — phase 2+ drwi - association of nj environmental commissions (kirkwood-cohansey)
Largest: $134,939 to Northwest Arkansas Regional Planning Commission — to fund a transit planner position at the northwest arkansas regional planning commission.
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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 →