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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 “reforme”
Where the money went
Largest: $120,000 to PARKING REFORM NETWORK — to support grantee's efforts to reform parking mandates, build partnerships nationwide, and perform research on the effects of parking mandate reform.
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
177 matching grants · $67.0M · through 2024Largest: $250,000 to CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM FOUNDATION — to enhance justice reform efforts that reduce jail incarceration and racial disparities stemming from the overuse and misuse of community supervision as part of the safety and just…
Largest: $235,000 to Tides Foundation - Community Justice Reform Coalition — gun violence prevention & justice reform
Largest: $50,000 to Atlanta Beltline Partnership Inc — support atlanta beltline partnership's legacy resident property tax reform research and convening
Largest: $125,000 to NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM — advancing health, community safety and justice: to improve health and safety by providing leadership development to the next generation of social justice advocates, developing rese…
Largest: $240,000 to BRETTON WOODS COMMITTEE — core support for the working group on multilateral reform to undertake analytical work to consider how the multilateral system needs to be strengthened and reformed to operate on w…
Largest: $275,000 to AMERICANS FOR FINANCIAL REFORM EDUCATION FUND — to support americans for financial reform education fund in advocating to defend climate related financial regulation in the united states and to bring a global, especially souther…
Largest: $65,158 to Georgetown University — monitoring and analysis of private insurance reforms, year 10: state action to reform the individual market during the c
The Just Trust for ActionDurham, NCCharity · may take applications
49 matching grants · $24.1M · through 2024Largest: $2.6M to REFORM ACTION FUND — general operating support for criminal justice reform advocacy
The Just Trust for EducationDurham, NCCharity · may take applications
51 matching grants · $7.0M · through 2024Largest: $1.0M to REFORM ALLIANCE (CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM FOUNDATION) — project support
Largest: $350,000 to Arkansans for Education Reform Foundation — to help support the grantee's work in arkansas to uphold the four pillars of arkansas education reform outlined by its board of directors.
The US Charitable Gift TrustBoston, MACharity · may take applications
58 matching grants · $1.8M · through 2024Largest: $242,550 to Westend Christian Reformed Church — for recipient's exempt purpose
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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 →