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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 “getting”
Where the money went
Largest: $75,000 to PHILANTHROPY TOGETHER — get loud program - to support scaling and strengthening the global giving-circle movement
Largest: $2.6M to GET READY GUILFORD — to build an early childhood system of care and sustain evidence-based programs in guilford county, nc.
Blueprint North CarolinaDurham, NCCharity · may take applications
25 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2020Largest: $422,500 to Democracy North Carolina — get out the vote (gotv)
Imagine North Carolina FirstRaleigh, NCCharity · may take applications
15 matching grants · $4.3M · through 2024Largest: $1.0M to North Carolina Association of Educators — funding for nonpartisan get out the vote
Nebraska Civic Engagement TableLincoln, NECharity · may take applications
20 matching grants · $179,015 · through 2024Largest: $17,000 to LATINO CENTER OF THE MIDLANDS — get out the vote & voting rights grant
Archway Institute for Mental Health andPunta Gorda, FLCharity · may take applications
11 matching grants · $114,694 · through 2024Largest: $20,000 to THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF RECOVERY RESIDENCES — grant to be used as scholarships for individuals wanting to get into a recovery program but have financial barriers
Fair CountAtlanta, GACharity · may take applications
14 matching grants · $407,125 · through 2024Largest: $50,450 to TWIN FORKS RISING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION — to conduct nonpartisan voter registration and get out the vote activities related to the 2023 mississippi elections
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
13 matching grants · $1.2M · through 2022Largest: $218,300 to Greater Auburn Gresham Development Corporation — general operating support. in support of get dilla a bus, to further vaccine response communication, outreach, and support efforts through the rockefeller equitable vaccine partner…
Hispanic FederationNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
12 matching grants · $288,620 · through 2024Largest: $85,000 to HISPANIC CNTR WESTERN MICHIGAN — grant to support voter reg and get out the vote campaign
Mississippi Healthcare AllianceJackson, MSCharity · may take applications
12 matching grants · $139,418 · through 2024Largest: $25,953 to SINGING RIVER HEALTH SYSTEM — reimbursement for "get with the guidelines" hospital stroke registry
Largest: $627,719 to NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY — this grant will support nc state university's efforts to improve western north carolinas ability to learn, work, get health care, expand economic development and improve its qualit…
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
9 matching grants · $5.5M · through 2022Largest: $1.4M to W E UPJOHN UNEMPLOYMENT TRUSTEE CORPORATION — increase access to employment for low income battle creek, michigan families to get a job or a better job through the services of the neighborhood employment hubs
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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 →