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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 “poors”
Where the money went
Largest: $250,000 to WATER AND SANITATION FOR THE URBAN POOR — relief to the poor
Largest: $15.6M to NEW VENTURE FUND — agricultural development; empower women and girls; enteric and diarrheal diseases; family planning; financial services for the poor; global health and development public awareness …
Largest: $220,000 to CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA — to promote the general welfare of the poor or needy inhabitants of escambia county, alabama and escambia county, florida without regard to race, creed or color.
The Ladies of Charity - Lake TravisLakeway, TXCharity · may take applications
104 matching grants · $3.3M · through 2025Largest: $310,000 to LAKE TRAVIS CRISIS MINISTRIES — to support the poor
Second Harvest Food BankWinston Salem, NCCharity · may take applications
105 matching grants · $2.3M · through 2024Largest: $518,600 to ALAMANCE COMM COLLEGE PANTRY — feeding the poor and
McDonald Family TrustPalm Beach Gardens, FL
115 matching grants · $422,500 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to Franciscan Center for Urban Ministry — help elderly, poor disadvantaged in hartford, ct associated with blindness
Largest: $200,000 to COMMUNITY KITCHEN — to provide christian outreach to poor
Charity WorksCulver City, CACharity · may take applications
72 matching grants · $1.5M · through 2023Largest: $151,935 to MCCALLUM THEATRE — promote health and hope to the community including providing relief for poor and underpriveleged
Largest: $30,000 to HOPE INTERNATIONAL — charitable, economic development, free enterprise, help for the poor
Largest: $22,064 to BAIS YAAKOV ATERES MIRIAM — to promote and further education, to aid and assist the ill, to offer financial relief to the poor.
Largest: $20,500 to LIFT FOR LIFE — providing educational assistance and opportunities to poor, or distressed, or underprivileged, or indigent and or needy persons.
Largest: $55,000 to ST JOHNS LUTHERAN CHURCH — aid to poor & community outreach
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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 →