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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 “peer”
Where the money went
Ohio Peer Recovery OrganizationsColumbus, OHCharity · may take applications
73 matching grants · $2.8M · through 2024Largest: $66,057 to THE PEER CENTER — peer recovery progra
Wheeler ClinicPlainville, CTCharity · may take applications
65 matching grants · $848,984 · through 2024Largest: $53,240 to CT DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS (GARNER CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION CORRIGAN COR — the cross mini-grant is used to start a smart recovery meeting for teens or young adults who use substances, an alternative peer group sober social events and activities for the sa…
National Collegiate Investors &Hadley, MACharity · may take applications
45 matching grants · $1.3M · through 2023Largest: $88,000 to JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY — grants awarded to us-based faculty or student teams for global project explorations to enhance professional development and knowledge base within the field of biomedical design and…
Largest: $35,000 to Fusion Partnerships Inc — support the development of the peer-to-peer/student conflict resolution toolkit
Conrad N Hilton FoundationWestlake Village, CA
21 matching grants · $7.1M · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to AFRICAN WATER AND SANITATION ASSOCIATION — to scope opportunities to scale up district wash master planning, facilitate peer-to-peer exchange among rural water service providers, and create a rural wash fellowship program
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
27 matching grants · $6.9M · through 2022Largest: $168,685 to STICHTING GLOBAL VOICES — promote mayan language revitalization and leadership in digital activism among indigenous youth in the yucatan peninsula and the highlands of chiapas through capacity building, fel…
Caring for Denver FoundationDenver, COCharity · may take applications
22 matching grants · $7.5M · through 2025Largest: $1.0M to COLORADO VILLAGE COLLABORATIVE — peer & mental health
The Eurasia FoundationWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
27 matching grants · $2.0M · through 2023Largest: $351,685 to GLOBAL IMPACT — partnership with international experts and peers
Largest: $6,000 to JORDAN PEER RECOVERY — this grant would allow jordan peer recovery to continue its focus on peer support, both through their recovery and re-entry housing and through their chw apprenticeship program.
Largest: $2.8M to NEW VENTURE FUND — to support the learning & action hub for democracy (d-hub), a fiscally-sponsored project of the grantee, to advance democratic renewal through providing educational and peer-to-pee…
Largest: $675,000 to PROJECT HOPE PEOPLE TO PEOPLE HLT FDN — 80505 building the infrastructure for the publication launch of a new multidisciplinary, peer-reviewed, open-access journal, health affairs scholar
Largest: $223,215 to HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM — training peer recovery coaches to promote retention and adherence to moud among low-income adults
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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 →

