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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.
9 funders with a record of paying for “intangible”
Where the money went
Largest: $75,000 to Deep Roots Inc — intangible charitable benefits
Largest: $14,000 to Sisters of Solace — to provide intangible education benefits and assist other 501(c)(3)organization that provide support to preserve and strengthen families and decrease poverty.
Largest: $25,000 to The Church of Jesus Christ — intangible religious benefits
Largest: $2,500 to Revival Ministries Intl — intangible religious belief
Largest: $165,097 to BOSTON UNIVERSITY — to study the causes and consequences of unequal investment in intangible capital across u.s. firms
Largest: $20,000 to COURTNEY KATHERINE WORK — work, courtney (national chengchi u., taiwan) "intangible heritage and engaged research at a culture frontier: transitions to history at the edge of a degrading forest"
The Walking Classroom InstituteDurham, NCCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $427,353 · through 2021Largest: $427,353 to ALLIANCE FOR A HEALTHIER GENERATION — when the walking classroom institute dissolved, all assets, both intangible and tangible, were granted to the alliance for a healthier generations.
Community Foundation for MississippiJackson, MSCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $190,000 · through 2022Largest: $190,000 to MAGNOLIA TRIBUNE INSTITUTE — cash grant for general operating support and transfer of intangible assets to help establish new non profit
Largest: $35,000 to SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION — to support a convening on native american oral histories, sound recordings, and intangible cultural heritage
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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 →