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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 “exited”
Where the money went
Largest: $108,775 to SEATTLE PARKS FOUNDATION — for an exit grant to support the emerald alliance for people, nature and community.
Community InitiativesOakland, CACharity · may take applications
29 matching grants · $4.8M · through 2024Largest: $922,734 to GLOBAL PHILANTHROPY PROJECT — exited project grant disbursement
Largest: $500,000 to DENVER ART MUSEUM — exceptional exit grant, fellowship e
Largest: $425,000 to VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA CHESAPEAKE INC — to support the rehabilitation of irvington woods, preserving 71 apartments serving low-income families including those exiting homelessness.
Conrad N Hilton FoundationWestlake Village, CA
9 matching grants · $4.7M · through 2024Largest: $1.0M to FJC — for anthos home, a project of fjc, to replicate the flexible housing subsidy pool model to support youth exiting foster care in housing acquisition, lease-up, and housing stability…
Largest: $190,000 to LEADERSHIP NEWARK INC — to support leadership newark's public policy fellowship program to enhance participants' leadership skills and civic engagement. this is an exit grant.
Largest: $30,000 to (338) NEW VENTURE FUND — education: to provide an exit grant for the parents 2022 research project
D27 FoundationWilmington, DE
5 matching grants · $95,000 · through 2025Largest: $25,000 to FINAL EXIT NETWORK INC — general & unrestricted
Largest: $300,000 to AEQUITAS — project support: just exits for survivors of exploitation
Movement Strategy CenterOakland, CACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $4.5M · through 2024Largest: $3.1M to URBAN PEACE MOVEMENT — exit of fiscally sponsored project
Largest: $35,000 to Light of Life Ministries — ministry to women exiting sex trafficing activities
Largest: $500,000 to Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation — to advance improvements toward sustainability in wff's exit fisheries in chile, peru, and indonesia.
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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 →