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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 “femme”
Where the money went
Largest: $175,000 to ASSOCIATION MUNYU DES FEMMES — to support increased charitable activities of association munyu des femmes
Largest: $950,000 to WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT THROUGH LITERACY & LEADERSHIP — for femmes actives et citoyennete engagee (face) project (active women and committee citizenship)
Largest: $315,000 to BLACK TRANS FEMMES IN THE ARTS INC — general support and project support for institutional strengthening
Largest: $300,000 to FONDS POUR LES FEMMES CONGOLAISES — reproductive health
Rachel'S NetworkWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $93,500 · through 2023Largest: $23,375 to RISE TO THRIVE — black femme leadership
Largest: $350,000 to FEMMES DANS LA REGION MENA — to support advocacy for and cooperation among women human rights defenders (whrds)
Largest: $350,000 to PROINSPIRE — 82393 supporting the fellowship for liberated futures in prioritizing the wellbeing and resilience of black women and femme leaders
Largest: $75,000 to FEMME HOUSE — general & unrestricted
PlusoneplusoneplusonePasadena, CACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $75,328 · through 2025Largest: $35,328 to Femme House — program support
Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy FundNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $2.1M · through 2023Largest: $1.5M to LA FEMME THEATRE PRODUCTIONS — arts and culture
Largest: $25,000 to House of Blues Music Forward Foundation — 2024 femme it forward show give her flowers awards
Allied Media ProjectsDetroit, MICharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $23,900 · through 2022Largest: $11,950 to ADDIE TSAI — the grant will be used to support just femme and dandy to: pay stipends to team members, pay contributors for volume 3, and print the first three issues of the just femme and dandy…
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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 →