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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 “privat”
Where the money went
The Community FoundationRichmond, VACharity · may take applications
208 matching grants · $15.0M · through 2024Largest: $567,252 to ST CHRISTOPHER'S SCHOOL FOUNDATION — university or private school
Fritz B Burns FoundationWoodland Hills, CA
120 matching grants · $52.9M · through 2024Largest: $3.5M to Thomas Aquinas College — contribution is to a charity exempt under section 501(c)(3) which is not a private foundation. contribution is for the funding of fritz b. burns endowed scholarship fund.
Largest: $20,800 to MORNINGSIDE UNIVERSITY — private college carver scholarship p
Largest: $171,362 to UNIVERSITY OF DENVER — to award three students a scholarship pursuant to the private foundation's individual grant-making procedures as approved under 26 usc 4945(g)(1) per irs determination letter
Jumpstart for Young ChildrenBoston, MACharity · may take applications
110 matching grants · $12.6M · through 2023Largest: $344,166 to SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY — americorps and private funds to support jumpstart programming
Russ Thomas Scholarship FundBloomfield Hills, MI
79 matching grants · $391,000 · through 2024Largest: $11,500 to MEGAN BONNELL — private scholarship grant
Largest: $840,000 to AMERICAN JOURNALISM PROJECT INC — civic and community - investment to support public private partnerships, civic or community-based charitable initiatives
The District of Columbia Bar FoundationWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
86 matching grants · $4.0M · through 2023Largest: $836,352 to LEGAL COUNSEL FOR THE ELDERLY — fy23 private grants program
Largest: $250,000 to FINANCIAL SERVICES STAKEHOLDER PROJECT NFP DBA PRIVATE EQUITY STAKEHOLDER — core support for the private equity and investor engagement to support their worker-focused research and campaign strategy on private equity.
Largest: $150,000 to BELONGG COMMUNITY VENTURES PRIVATE LIMITED — research and learning opportunities
Largest: $340,000 to FINANCIAL SERVICES STAKEHOLDER PROJECT — to support the purpose of researching and tracking growing private equity investments in the health care sector to provide increased transparency, reporting, and analysis about the…
North Carolina Community FoundationRaleigh, NCCharity · may take applications
45 matching grants · $1.5M · through 2023Largest: $100,000 to WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — private colleges & universities - scholarships
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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 →