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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 “fiscally”
Where the money went
Ncrc Community Development FundWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
2661 matching grants · $148.8M · through 2023Largest: $1.8M to KATO KAGAKU CO LTD DBA HYATT REGENCY CHICAGO — illinois coronavirus fiscal recovery funds
Largest: $125,000 to Community Music Center of Boston — music pathways for youth: unrestricted operating support for fiscal years 2022, 2023, and 2024, and the reserve fund for fiscal year 2022
International Documentary FoundationLos Angeles, CACharity · may take applications
345 matching grants · $26.4M · through 2024Largest: $1.5M to DEMETRIUS LLC — fiscal sponsorship
Springboard for the ArtsSaint Paul, MNCharity · may take applications
236 matching grants · $7.0M · through 2024Largest: $287,798 to FUNNY ASIAN WOMEN KOLLECTIVE — fiscal sponsorship regranting
Largest: $50,000 to URBAN INSTITUTE — to develop and analyze fiscal measurements to improve the understanding of america's fiscal outlook.
Largest: $300,000 to KATIBA INSTITUTE — to establish a pioneering, multidisciplinary house of fiscal wisdom, a fiscally-sponsored project of the grantee, to foster independent thought and scholarship in the areas of inte…
Largest: $25,000 to SCRIBE VIDEO CENTER FISCAL SPONSORSHIP - FISCAL SPONSOR FOR ERIC MCPHERSON — to support kaimeshia n. mcpherson's film, eric mcpherson: living history.
Inatai FoundationSeattle, WACharity · may take applications
129 matching grants · $28.4M · through 2024Largest: $1.2M to RVC SEATTLE — core support for fiscally sponsored project
FjcNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
107 matching grants · $18.1M · through 2024Largest: $2.8M to PROJECT SHEMA — general operating support of a fiscally sponsored program
Institute for Nonprofit NewsBeverly Hills, CACharity · may take applications
100 matching grants · $15.7M · through 2024Largest: $1.5M to OPEN CAMPUS MEDIA INC — organization is a fiscal sponsor
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
97 matching grants · $29.7M · through 2022Largest: $27,500 to B U I L D INCORPORATED — for programming to build community cohesion through the chicago fund for safe and peaceful communities. grant made via fiscal sponsor, neighborspace., for programming to build comm…
Largest: $4,400 to EARTH ISLAND INSTITUTE INC FISCAL SPONSOR FOR CASTANEA FELLOWSHIP — fellowship solidarity immersion, albuquerque nm, 9/12-17, 2022
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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 →