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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 “grade”
Where the money went
The Shepherd Foundation LtdPotomac, MDCharity · may take applications
85 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2025Largest: $42,000 to SAINT JOHN'S COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL — tuition assistance for catholic high school and grade school students who require financial aid
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
33 matching grants · $23.1M · through 2022Largest: $987,383 to BILOXI PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT — improve educational outcomes of students to ensure that children have the greatest chance of reading at or above grade level by the end of third grade by supporting pre-k programmi…
First Community Foundation PartnershipWilliamsport, PACharity · may take applications
40 matching grants · $653,430 · through 2025Largest: $13,404 to MUNCY SCHOOL DISTRICT — 9th grade nyc adventure for 9th grade students
Fund for Educational ExcellenceBaltimore, MDCharity · may take applications
38 matching grants · $2.0M · through 2024Largest: $80,000 to ST VINCENT DE PAUL OF BALT — middle grades partnership
Largest: $50,000 to BAY AREA SCHOLARHIPS FOR INNER-CITY — scholarhips to catholic kindergarten through 8th grade schools in san francisco
Largest: $925,000 to MILKEN COMMUNITY SCHOOL — preschool - 12th grade programs
Largest: $26,350 to OHIO RIVER FOUNDATION — open to grades k-12, mussels in the classroom teach students about the importance of mussels to an ecosystem, their life cycle, and their current status in the environment. partici…
Largest: $22,000 to NEW HAVEN FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY — to fund "ready for the grade", a public library, k-3 summer reading initiative developed by newalliance foundation in which the library will partner with the new haven school distr…
Largest: $100,000 to Rodale Institute — to research the agronomic, economic, and environmental benefits of alternative crop rotations in the midwest that move away from corn and soyand towards food-grade crops.
Largest: $5,000 to Friends of the Children - Seattle — working with youth in grades 6-12, mentors in our teen program set specific goals on post-secondary plans with their youth year-round and increase their access to job trainings, jo…
Largest: $1.1M to Click Foundation — acceleration of personalized, early grade literacy program
Largest: $300,000 to FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS — general operating support for read charlotte, a collaborative, community-wide movement dedicated to increasing the % of third graders reading on grade level
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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 →