Funding search
Find who already funds work like yours.
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 “owned”
Where the money went
National Gay & Lesbian Chamber ofWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
164 matching grants · $2.2M · through 2023Largest: $100,000 to J&B JOINT VENTURES INC — to support lgbt-owned restaurants and lgbt affiliate chambers
Capital Impact PartnersArlington, VACharity · may take applications
84 matching grants · $6.5M · through 2024Largest: $998,334 to CDC SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION — to widen credit access to bipoc owned businesses through alternative lending
Full of Grace FoundationEl Dorado Hills, CACharity · may take applications
88 matching grants · $1.9M · through 2023Largest: $35,000 to NEXT GREAT ARCHITECTS LLC — supporting the mission of black and brown owned businesses and nonprofits
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
33 matching grants · $7.5M · through 2022Largest: $419,120 to CALHOUN COUNTY LAND BANK — activating vacant and blighted parcels owned by the land bank in a low-income, primarily minority-owned neighborhood as part of a community-created neighborhood stabilization strat…
Columbus Area Chamber FoundationColumbus, INCharity · may take applications
32 matching grants · $326,199 · through 2024Largest: $52,000 to GREATER COLUMBUS INDIANA EDC — funds to assist minority owned businesses.
Naacp Empowerment ProgramsBaltimore, MDCharity · may take applications
28 matching grants · $550,000 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to JAEDA TURNER DBA BLACK OWNED BOS LLC — power forward grant to foster economic empowerment for black-owned small businesses across new england
Largest: $80,000 to RICHMOND COMMUNITY-OWNED DEVELOPMENT ENTERPRISE — this general operating grant supports richmond community-owned development enterprise and its use of arts-centered practices to support its storytelling, community organizing and e…
Largest: $50,000 to NEW YORK UNIVERSITY — to continue to support research to identify the percentage of major university endowments that are managed by diversely owned asset managers.
Largest: $188,500 to THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY — for the school of advanced international study to compile information about chinese-owned mining projects around the world into an easily accessible dataset containing project oper…
The Columbus Urban LeagueColumbus, OHCharity · may take applications
26 matching grants · $232,000 · through 2021Largest: $13,000 to DAYVISION INVESTMENTS GROUP LLC — support small minority owned business affected by covid
The San Francisco FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
12 matching grants · $2.1M · through 2024Largest: $60,000 to L C & LILLIE COX HAVEN OF HOPE — program - for general operating support to advance economic inclusion of people of color through increasing access to technical assistance and leadership development for people of …
Maryland Philanthropy NetworkBaltimore, MDCharity · may take applications
15 matching grants · $355,000 · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to JUST FUTURES PBC — to support efforts to provide affordable access to capital to small businesses owned by low-income, minority and/or other disadvantaged entrepreneurs or tax-exempt organizations wh…
This is one keyword. PaperOrbit reads your actual paper and searches on everything in it — population, methods, outcomes — then explains why each funder fits.
Start with one paperSearch by location
Local foundations often favor nearby communities. Enter a ZIP code to see foundations based near you, and where grant money has actually landed in your area.
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 →