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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 “partial”
Where the money went
The Childrens Scholarship FundNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
49 matching grants · $7.8M · through 2024Largest: $768,318 to The Basic Fund — to provide partial scholarship awards to children from low-income families
Largest: $4,300 to MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY FBO MADELINE EZELL — partial tuition payment - murray state university
The Mary E Murphy & John F Murphy Jr Charitable TrustWinchester, MA
68 matching grants · $134,700 · through 2024Largest: $6,000 to Natalie Lin — partial tuitionpaymentucla
Largest: $81,000 to COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY — sabbatical leave to perform research on geometric partial differential equations
The Whas Crusade for ChildrenLouisville, KYCharity · may take applications
32 matching grants · $662,862 · through 2023Largest: $8,600 to AMERICANA COMMUNITY CENTER INC — $8,600.00 for any item on grant list - salary for youth staff members and program coordinator; partial enrichment activity supplies; and partial salary for youth & family coaches -…
Largest: $325,278 to NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH INC — to provide partial support for thousands of participants in over 50 programs that comprise the summer institute run annually by the national bureau of economic research
Largest: $3,500 to NOLAN RANKER CO PENN STATE UNIVERSI — partial college scholarship rewarded to eligible high school football players in western pennsylvania.partial college scholarship rewarded to eligible high school football players …
Dune Foundation a Nj Nonprofit CorporationNorth Brunswick, NJ
14 matching grants · $95,500 · through 2025Largest: $13,000 to DIOCESE OF METUCHEN — to provide partial scholarshipsto families to attend a catholic elementary or high school.
Largest: $29,040 to CITY OF CUMBERLAND KENTUCKY (#2) — partial funding for police cruiser.
Largest: $40,000 to HAVE A HEART CLINIC INC — partial funding for an echocardiogram
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $18.0M · through 2021Largest: $8.6M to Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights — general operating support. support for marjorie kovler center general fund. support for readi chicago, readi chicago and north lawndale collaborative. support for implementation of…
Largest: $23,000 to CALL OF THE SEA — partial funding for purchase of new carb mandated engine for schooner seaward
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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 →