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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 “grounds”
Where the money went
Largest: $223,568 to SEARCH FOR COMMON GROUND — 82321 general operating support grant for search for common ground
Seattle FoundationSeattle, WACharity · may take applications
36 matching grants · $3.1M · through 2024Largest: $550,000 to NEW VENTURE FUND — to support seek common ground
Greater Green Bay CommunityGreen Bay, WICharity · may take applications
32 matching grants · $1.8M · through 2024Largest: $617,333 to COMMON GROUND INC — annual distribution common ground works
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
28 matching grants · $29.8M · through 2023Largest: $12.0M to Grounded Solutions Network — general operating support
Largest: $40,000 to LEVEL GROUND MIXED MARTIAL ARTS INC — the level ground student trainer workforce development program: preparing low-income & disconnected youth for career and post-secondary success
Tides FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
22 matching grants · $1.7M · through 2024Largest: $250,000 to SEARCH FOR COMMON GROUND — healthy individuals and communities
Largest: $2.6M to REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA — in support of the development, piloting, and evaluation of resources and materials that aim to teach scientifically grounded reasoning for youth and non-expert scientists.
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
21 matching grants · $7.9M · through 2022Largest: $200,000 to REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN — support the creation of food security policy and program recommendations that are grounded in race equity and shaped by parent voice using a community based participatory research …
Largest: $744,992 to Finger Lakes Health Systems Agency dba Common Ground Health — healthy futures
YouthpriseMinneapolis, MNCharity · may take applications
19 matching grants · $556,998 · through 2024Largest: $140,000 to Propel Nonprofits — culturally grounded wellness grant
Largest: $50,000 to GROUNDED STRATEGIES — to support transition costs for program and operating expenses as grounded's new executive director, kelly henderson, settles into place following her april 8, 2024, start date
Largest: $150,000 to DANCING GROUNDS — this general operating grant will support dancing ground and its participation in the creative practice cohort.
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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 →