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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 “parts”
Ronald McDonald House GlobalChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
520 matching grants · $232.2M · through 2025Largest: $4.2M to RMHC of Southern California Inc — see part iv a d
IffChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
892 matching grants · $52.3M · through 2024Largest: $726,000 to BDO FMA LLC — third party consultants who help educate/train business owners on financial management as part of the grant.
The Jewish Federation of GreaterNorth Bethesda, MDCharity · may take applications
331 matching grants · $28.9M · through 2021Largest: $3.3M to JEWISH FEDERATION OF NORTH AMERICA (JFNA) — see part iv, type d
Public Broadcasting ServiceArlington, VACharity · may take applications
194 matching grants · $23.2M · through 2024Largest: $5.8M to PBS Foundation — see part iv: #1
Wounded Warrior ProjectJacksonville, FLCharity · may take applications
170 matching grants · $141.7M · through 2023Largest: $14.4M to MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL — see schedule i, part iv
Fisher House FoundationRockville, MDCharity · may take applications
186 matching grants · $9.4M · through 2024Largest: $500,000 to NATIONAL MILITARY FAMILY ASSOCIATION — see part iv, type f
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
140 matching grants · $55.3M · through 2024Largest: $1.0M to The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University — in support of research and development to address racial disparities in policing and improve police-community relationships as part of the safety and justice challenge
Hope for New YorkNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
169 matching grants · $10.2M · through 2024Largest: $258,714 to The Bowery Mission — refer to part iv
Largest: $200,000 to MOTHERING JUSTICE — this grant provides general operating support for mothering justice and its efforts to advance racial justice and equity in detroit as part of the foundations racial justice respon…
Largest: $130,000 to (293) ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP PROGRAM — to support a cohort of six climate fellows in new england as part of elp's ray diversity fellowship program
Memorial Health System GroupSpringfield, ILCharity · may take applications
101 matching grants · $41.6M · through 2023Largest: $851,375 to WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY — see part iv funding for scholarships
United Way of Aiken CountyAiken, SCCharity · may take applications
91 matching grants · $5.9M · through 2025Largest: $210,000 to TRI-DEVELOPMENT CTR OF AIKEN — see page 2, part iv
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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 →