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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 “gray”
Where the money went
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteChevy Chase, MDCharity · may take applications
98 matching grants · $55.9M · through 2023Largest: $2.6M to Vanderbilt University — h. gray scholars - faculty
Grays Harbor Community FoundationHoquiam, WACharity · may take applications
36 matching grants · $2.4M · through 2024Largest: $428,375 to YMCA OF GRAYS HARBOR — to support the program.
Largest: $250,602 to University of Maine — scholarships - a abelon, i adams, h, agbuya, a albert, p alexander, c alley, r alley, a aviles, k bailey, j beal, k beal, a beaucage, c beaudoin, k bergelin, a bickerstaff, l billi…
New Jersey League of Conservation VotersTrenton, NJCharity · may take applications
18 matching grants · $342,600 · through 2023Largest: $78,100 to NJ FUTURE — to support a robust grassroots education, outreach & engagement program that culminates in communities having the ability to fund green and gray water infrastructure within nj by e…
Largest: $40,000 to GRAYS HARBOR YOUTH WORKS — impact initiative
Largest: $20,000 to WAKE FOREST BOWMAN GRAY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE — 2021 - medical student scholarship - wingler
Community West FoundationWestlake, OHCharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $84,432 · through 2025Largest: $19,622 to CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY — florence gray scholarships
Largest: $2.4M to UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC — gray nyc scholars cohort
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
7 matching grants · $627,500 · through 2024Largest: $125,000 to Mary L Gray — macarthur foundation fellow award - anthropologist and media scholar
Largest: $26,583 to GRAY STECHER — educational scholarship
Grays Harbor College FoundationAberdeen, WACharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $3.7M · through 2024Largest: $932,369 to GRAYS HARBOR COLLEGE — scholarship assistance for students
Largest: $2.0M to MZC FOUNDATION (DBA THE RAY) — gray note grant - committed to $1,250,000 annually for five years, from 2022 through 2026
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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 →