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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 “flexible”
Where the money went
National EnvironmentalDenver, COCharity · may take applications
291 matching grants · $11.0M · through 2023Largest: $236,713 to VERMONT DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH — retail flexible funding model
Largest: $100,000 to FAUQUIER FISH — flexible funding
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
62 matching grants · $22.4M · through 2024Largest: $150,000 to Type Media Center Inc — for flexible support of its project type investigations
Hyde Park Art CenterChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
39 matching grants · $360,000 · through 2024Largest: $20,000 to ROMAN SUSAN ART FOUNDATION — provides artist-run initiatives, collaborations, and independent organizations with flexible funding to pursue their unique visions.
Jewish Heritage Fund for ExcellenceLouisville, KYCharity · may take applications
14 matching grants · $1.4M · through 2024Largest: $202,025 to THE TEMPLE — synagogue annual flexible funding, religious school and preschool scholarships
Largest: $150,000 to Native American Youth and Family Center — for flexible support of affordable housing development and services for the native community in the portland area
Largest: $306,250 to CNRS — neural computations and dynamics of flexible behavior
The Scan FoundationLong Beach, CACharity · may take applications
12 matching grants · $1.2M · through 2023Largest: $42,837 to MANATT PHELPS & PHILLIPS LLP — develop a policy and implementation roadmap, reflecting the consensus of a diverse group of subject matter experts and stakeholders, to inform policy deliberations on how the publi…
Largest: $368,679 to BROWN U — 80918 building a flexible framework for solution-oriented community-engaged research into the health impacts of illegal dumping in three mississippi cities
Largest: $150,000 to Greater Worcester Community Foundation Inc — flexible support for current community needs
Largest: $250,000 to California Ocean Science Trust — to research options for providing flexibility and adaptability to communities and fisheries in the context of climate change.
Largest: $200,000 to COMMUNITIES UNLIMITED - FAYETTEVILLE AR — flexible funding for broadband expansion in rural arkansas
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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 →