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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 “generating”
Where the money went
Texas Mutual Insurance CompanyAustin, TXCharity · may take applications
203 matching grants · $16.9M · through 2024Largest: $700,000 to Texas 2036 — generational learning
Largest: $2.0M to NATIONAL DOMESTIC WORKERS ALLIANCE INC — core support for caring across generations to work towards a reality where all people can live and age with dignity, and core support for institutional strengthening of caring acro…
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
113 matching grants · $27.7M · through 2024Largest: $440,697 to NATIONAL YOUNG FARMERS COALITION — enhance the next generation of farmers by applying racial equity principles to create the conditions for a food system reoriented to our community health while fostering a new gene…
Largest: $20,000 to NEXT GENERATION MEN AND WOMEN — support next generation men and women in developing cohorts in npu-v schools
Progressive Multiplier FundWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
105 matching grants · $3.1M · through 2024Largest: $21,400 to NEW PROGRESSIVE NETWORK INC DBA NEXT UP ACTION FUND — for support of independent revenue generation projectfor support of independent revenue generation project
Largest: $608,620 to The David Rattray Foundation — first generation scholarships for rural, black south africans
Largest: $500,000 to CARING ACROSS GENERATIONS — 81736 narrative grant to caring across generations: transforming societal perspectives on caregiving to address historical and structural inequities
Largest: $1.7M to UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION — next generation, program support, and scholarships
Conrad N Hilton FoundationWestlake Village, CA
47 matching grants · $36.9M · through 2024Largest: $839,000 to CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN AFRICA — to build capacity of 40 catholic sisters on evidenced based data generation and dissemination to serve as trainer of trainers in two countries, strengthen the data repository hub a…
Largest: $754,960 to CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY — in support of expanding the freshman summer research institute, which allows underrepresented minority, low-income, and first-generation undergraduates to engage in research and fo…
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
47 matching grants · $32.8M · through 2023Largest: $500,000 to Judson University A Baptist Institution — support for slawek family first-generation scholars program.
Largest: $250,000 to ASSOCIATION FOR ENTERPRISE OPPORTUNITY INC — this grant will help grow aeos research engine and capabilities, generate a greater understanding of how business ownership can serve as a critical driver for social and economic m…
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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 →