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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 “final”
Where the money went
Largest: $875,000 to Columbia University — as a final grant for a project to the center for public research and leadership to finalize the curriculum implementation change framework resources and conduct a research study on…
The Barker Welfare FoundationPalm Beach Gardens, FL
266 matching grants · $3.8M · through 2024Largest: $60,000 to METROPOLITAN OPERA ASSOCIATION INC — for final payment on a pledge of $180,000.00 payable over 3 years for hd live in nyc schools.
Largest: $900,000 to CINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA — to provide a final round of support for a diversity fellowship program in collaboration with the university of cincinnati college-conservatory of music
Largest: $50,000 to WEST VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC — final payment for the aep foundation engineering laboratories
Largest: $69,733 to GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH — final 2021 distribution
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
25 matching grants · $10.1M · through 2022Largest: $1.9M to University of Southern California — kdfc radio general operating support, usc schaeffer center for health policy and economics / general operating support, stamps scholars, support for wrigley institute for environme…
Largest: $25,000 to THE HIGHLAWN COMMUNITY ALLIANCE — address barriers to healthy lifestyles for highlawn residents by promoting pedestrian-friendly infrastructure and providing community fitness activities and safety education. in pa…
The Community Foundation of MiddleNashville, TNCharity · may take applications
14 matching grants · $3.0M · through 2024Largest: $37,500 to THE NASHVILLE FOOD PROJECT — to support final fbn event, report and output, and press conference. this represents final distribution from this fund.
Largest: $200,000 to XAVIER UNIVERSITY — final installment to the h. c. s. foundation endowed scholarship
Largest: $1,500 to MEGAN ROLAND — megan is a young woman whose father passed away. funds will help megan afford his final expenses or any other expenses she might have at this tragic time.
St Louis Community FoundationSt Louis, MOCharity · may take applications
12 matching grants · $10.6M · through 2024Largest: $4.7M to MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER — final payment to the paula and rodger riney multiple myeloma research initiative fund at memorial sloan kettering cancer center
Largest: $400,000 to HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL — core support to the finalization of a national research on prevalence of gbv in south africa to provide baseline gbv data to government and civil society
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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 →