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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 “equality”
Where the money went
Largest: $402,000 to EQUAL RESEARCH PTY LTD — for evidence-based research to strengthen and expand investment in and scale-up of evidence-based and feminist-informed strategies to advance gender equality and end violence again…
Largest: $282,000 to EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS — support for four equal justice works legal fellowships 2023-2025
Largest: $200,000 to EQUALITY FEDERATION INSTITUTE — support for the national lgbtq movement convening to develop long- and short-term plans for securing equality and justice.
Tides FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
59 matching grants · $3.7M · through 2024Largest: $225,000 to EQUALITY MICHIGAN ACTION NETWORK — equity, human rights, and economic empowerment
Largest: $1.5M to UN WOMEN — to strengthen the achievement of gender justice goals included in the global acceleration plan for gender equality by supporting un women's convening and coordination role in the g…
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
45 matching grants · $23.8M · through 2023Largest: $66,350 to University Of California Berkeley Foundation — support for the center on comparative equality: enforcement of anti-discrimination and comparative equality law, the james r. larus scholarship fund at the berkeley school of engin…
Largest: $22,500 to THE LAUNCH PAD — grant to support equal opportunity and second chances.
Largest: $5.1M to UNITED NATIONS ENTITY FOR GENDER EQUALITY AND THE EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN — empower women and girls
Horizons FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
36 matching grants · $840,500 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to Equality Utah Foundation — dine equality for the navajo nation
Largest: $750,000 to NATIONAL CENTER FOR TRANSGENDER EQUALITY — 82206 general operating support for the national center for transgender equality
The San Francisco FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
37 matching grants · $3.8M · through 2024Largest: $15,000 to YES FOR MARRIAGE EQUALITY SPONSORED BY EQUALITY CALIFORNIA — to support marriage equality.
Largest: $1.0M to INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE INC (464276) — backing equal futures
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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 →