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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 “pool”
Where the money went
Columbia Gorge Health CouncilThe Dalles, ORCharity · may take applications
71 matching grants · $9.7M · through 2024Largest: $780,208 to ONE COMMUNITY HEALTH — regional quality pool - community health improvement
York County Community FoundationYork, PACharity · may take applications
57 matching grants · $3.7M · through 2024Largest: $167,670 to UNITED WAY OF YORK COUNTY — general support, uwc alice study/survey, tocqueville society, seedling scholarship program, focus on our future, stretch pool
Conrad N Hilton FoundationWestlake Village, CA
21 matching grants · $8.3M · through 2024Largest: $1.0M to SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GRANTMAKERS — for the center for strategic partnerships, a project of southern california grantmakers, to launch a pooled philanthropic fund supporting innovative pilot projects focused on youth…
United Way of New York CityNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
52 matching grants · $5.7M · through 2024Largest: $54,000 to EAST NEW YORK COMMUNITY LAND TRUST INC — change capital fund - change capital fund the change capital fund (ccf) is a collaboration of philanthropic foundations and financial institutions that pool funds to invest in comm…
Largest: $1.0M to NEW VENTURE FUND — core support for the spyware accountability pooled fund to limit the threat of mercenary spyware on civil society, and core support for an institutional strengthening subgrant prog…
Rsf Social FinanceSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
20 matching grants · $851,743 · through 2023Largest: $135,000 to THE MERCHANTS FUND — for urbane development (james johnson piett) for bii cohort participatory grantmaking pool
Largest: $250,000 to New Venture Fund — support a collaborative grantmaking pool organized by funders for housing and opportunity
Community Fdn of Greater Des MoinesDes Moines, IACharity · may take applications
16 matching grants · $332,566 · through 2024Largest: $16,001 to FRIENDS OF THE DALLAS CENTER POOL — slide addition to the new dallas center pool
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
11 matching grants · $9.2M · through 2024Largest: $2.5M to The Chicago Community Trust — in support of a pooled fund for independent journalism in chicago
Asian Law CaucusSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
13 matching grants · $918,250 · through 2023Largest: $356,250 to National Korean American Service and Education Consortium Inc — affiliation anti-asian hate funding pool subgrant to woori juntos c/o nkasec
The Wyldlife FundBuffalo, WYCharity · may take applications
10 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2024Largest: $200,000 to JACKSON HOLE LAND & TRUST — pooled migration fund.
Nebraska Community FoundationLincoln, NECharity · may take applications
10 matching grants · $771,726 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to VILLAGE OF WAUNETA — pool feasibility study
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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 →