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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 “relay”
Where the money went
Largest: $25,000 to AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY- RELAY FOR LIFE — relay support, research, education, and advocacy
Largest: $101,250 to RELAY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION — relay connecticut
New LeadersNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $3.1M · through 2023Largest: $705,500 to RELAY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION — new leadership relay partnership with the new york city department of education
Largest: $8,000 to RELAY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION — 2022-24 relay teacher pipeline student support
Largest: $770,394 to RELAY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION — hollyhock humanities fellowship
Largest: $350,000 to RELAY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION — relay ct teacher diversity, training, and certification support
Largest: $40,000 to AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — relay for life of northwestern university
Largest: $250,000 to RELAY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION — general operating support
Largest: $300,000 to (677) RELAY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION — to continue to build from the work of the "follow the leader" series to identify and share leadership bright spots and to codify and share learnings from the partnership in holyoke…
Largest: $49,500 to RELAY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION — relay partnership
Largest: $20,580 to Relay Graduate School of Education — to expand relay graduate school of education into the dallas-fort worth region.
Greater Douglas United WayRoseburg, ORCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $154,983 · through 2024Largest: $55,463 to RELAY FOR LIFE - AMERICAN CANCER SO — campaign program
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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 →