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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 “minded”
Where the money went
Largest: $5,000 to OUR MINDFUL KINGDOM — nurture healthy minds
Largest: $1.0M to PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF WISCONSIN INC — strong start for kids, strong communities, strong minds
The Mind TrustIndianapolis, INCharity · may take applications
57 matching grants · $16.6M · through 2023Largest: $17,400 to FATHERS AND FAMILIES RESOURCERESEARCH CENTER INC — the grant is provided to assist fathers and families resource/research center, inc. in furthering its charitable purposes under code section 501(c)(3). specifically, the mind trust…
Youth for ChristusaEnglewood, COCharity · may take applications
47 matching grants · $1.5M · through 2024Largest: $372,300 to YFC International — like minded partner
Allied Media ProjectsDetroit, MICharity · may take applications
34 matching grants · $1.5M · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to CAKECUTTER INSTITUTE — these two grants specifically further critical minded efforts to: 1) increase support and investments to bipoc-led publishers and platforms to create economic and professional deve…
The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift FundNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
31 matching grants · $5.2M · through 2024Largest: $416,984 to ONE MIND INSTITUTE — medical/scientific research & programs
Largest: $108,502 to MIND AND LIFE INSTITUTE MIND & LIFE EUROPE — mle is a home for unconventional interdisciplinary encounters, where researchers and practitioners enrich one another in their understanding of mind and life, through the rigour of…
Largest: $250,000 to MINDING YOUR MIND — mental health educaiton programs in massachusetts
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
23 matching grants · $6.5M · through 2023Largest: $6.1M to Northwestern University — general operating support, support of woman's board of northwestern university, minds matter benefit event (no tickets or tangible benefits), kellogg school of management annual fu…
Early Learning Coalition of BrowardFort Lauderdale, FLCharity · may take applications
19 matching grants · $6.8M · through 2024Largest: $229,262 to BRIGHT MINDS INTERNATIONAL LLC DBA BRIGHT MINDS INTERNATION — child care reimbursements and other grants (non-recurring) to providers
Lilly EndowmentIndianapolis, IN
19 matching grants · $12.1M · through 2025Largest: $3.5M to MIND TRUST INC — teach for america (indianapolis)
Largest: $1.1M to TULSA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — healthy minds policy initiative (tcf #91-0062-dj-4), for operating support
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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 →