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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 “instituto”
Where the money went
Largest: $163,340 to INSTITUTO BRASILEIRO DE ANALISES SOCIAIS E ECONOMICAS — general support and project support to articulate applied research on energy transition and polarizatio
Largest: $1.0M to INSTITUTO NACIONAL PARA O DESENVOLVIMENTO SOCIAL E — to support studies and proposals for a sustainable and healthy food systems in brazil through family farming
Largest: $298,125 to CALOUSTE GULBENKIAN FOUNDATION INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIENCIA — to support enhancement of training in aquatic symbiosis through the summer school on host-microbe symbioses, hosted by the calouste gulbenkian foundation's instituto gulbenkian de …
Largest: $225,000 to Instituto de Energia e Meio Ambiente — to support research and analysis of the sustainability of brazilian public finance of energy and electrical sector development and capacity building among civil society organizatio…
Fondos Unidos De Puerto Rico Inc & United Way Puerto RicoSan Juan, PRCharity · may take applications
31 matching grants · $1.6M · through 2024Largest: $98,444 to INSTITUTO SANTA ANA INC — to cover program services of participation agencies
Largest: $367,210 to INSTITUTO DE SALUD GLOBAL BARCELONA — research and learning opportunities
Largest: $265,000 to INSTITUTO DE LIDERAZGO SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR AC — advocacy for reproductive rights in mexico and strengthening leadership
Largest: $1.5M to INSTITUTO CLIMA E SOCIEDADE - ICS — for general operating support
Largest: $350,000 to INSTITUTO AMAZONIA 40 — to support research in furtherance of climate change mitigation
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
13 matching grants · $3.0M · through 2023Largest: $534,200 to INSTITUTO INTERNACIONAL DE RECURSOS RENOVABLES AC — improve food systems in yucatan and campeche, mexico, by implementing and expanding biodigester technology to increase agricultural productivity for families' in order to improve a…
Largest: $1.5M to INSTITUTO CONEXOES SUSTENTAVEIS — ecosystem support and general operating support
Largest: $150,000 to INSTITUTO PARA LAS MUJERES EN LA MIGRACION AC — to provide general operating support to instituto para las mujeres en la migracion a.c.
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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 →