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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 “parties”
Where the money went
United Way of Greater CharlotteCharlotte, NCCharity · may take applications
175 matching grants · $12.9M · through 2024Largest: $27,806 to CABARRUS VICTIMS ASSISTANCE NETWORK (CVAN) — program operating costs; donor designated 3rd party for program operating costs ; donor designated 3rd party for program operating costs
Southeast Coastal Ocean ObservingCharleston, SCCharity · may take applications
129 matching grants · $18.4M · through 2024Largest: $744,260 to AXIOM DATA SCIENCES LLC — to further mission of providing ocean information to members and other parties
Civic NationWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
104 matching grants · $1.4M · through 2024Largest: $67,500 to Iota Phi Theta Foundation Inc — wwav grant for party at the polls events
National Endowment for DemocracyWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
34 matching grants · $209.3M · through 2023Largest: $39.2M to INTERNATIONAL REPUBLICAN INSTITUTE — democratic governance & political parties
United Way of New York CityNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
20 matching grants · $1.2M · through 2024Largest: $328,697 to THE WAKEMAN AGENCY LLC — education - black studies cirriculum -helping nyc officials design, refine, and implement a black studies curriculum for nyc schools. as part of this work, uwnyc launched over 30+ …
St Elizabeth Medical CenterEdgewood, KYCharity · may take applications
27 matching grants · $489,506 · through 2024Largest: $43,615 to GAMBLE SPORTS PROPERTIES LLC — 3rd party payment to support nky high school sports programs
Largest: $351,446 to ULTIMATE BLOCK PARTY INC — playful learning design course for college and graduate students
American Association ofSilver Spring, MDCharity · may take applications
13 matching grants · $562,778 · through 2024Largest: $189,543 to AQUARIUM OF NIAGARA — party for the planet
Neighborhood Legal ServicesGlendale, CACharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $4.6M · through 2022Largest: $916,304 to Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles — subcontractor on shriver housing project-la joint advocacy efforts and strategy to provide legal assistance to eligible low-income parties in civil cases and increase access to jus…
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
12 matching grants · $487,083 · through 2023Largest: $66,000 to Friends of the Parks — support for the promontory point conservancy, for an independent third party marine engineering study of the historic limestone revetment at promontory point, general operating sup…
Largest: $1.3M to TECHCONGRESS FOUNDATION — to strengthen technology expertise within the u.s. congress by supporting the congressional innovation fellowship, which places an even number of technologists in congressional off…
California Hospitals Committee On IssuesSacramento, CACharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $4.8M · through 2024Largest: $1.5M to California Democratic Party — non-candidate 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 →