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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 “renewing”
Where the money went
Calvin UniversityGrand Rapids, MICharity · may take applications
422 matching grants · $5.4M · through 2024Largest: $74,538 to FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY — worship renewal project/compelling preaching
Largest: $100,000 to BLANTON-PEALE INSTITUTE — renewed support for licensed mental health counseling and training center to fund a bipoc mental health fellowship program in new york city.
Largest: $75,000 to Tides Foundation — renewed general support for ny renews, a statewide coalition of environmental, labor, and community groups that aims to achieve an environmentally sustainable and just new york sta…
Largest: $900,000 to DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE — to renew support for the smart from the start project that accelerates the transition to renewable energy and protects wildlife and the lands on which it depends, through responsib…
Largest: $95,433 to Foundation-Administered Projects-Direct Charitable Activities — to analyze and share with partners the best practices on accelerating access to clean and renewable energy services as a climate solution using the distributed renewable energy eco…
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
58 matching grants · $20.8M · through 2024Largest: $5.3M to Chicago Community Foundation — in renewed support of the partnership for safe and peaceful communities
Largest: $20,000 to COPPER CANYON PRESS — renewal and recovery grant
Largest: $900,000 to CENTER FOR DEMOCRACY AND TECHNOLOGY — to provide renewed support for nonpartisan research on digital media, online speech and democracy.
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
47 matching grants · $12.0M · through 2023Largest: $1.5M to Scholarship America Inc — support for the zafee scholarship program, support for the cboe empowers scholarship fund, support for 2023 new scholarship awards ($7,500) and 2023 current ongoing awards ($15,000…
Largest: $75,000 to Friends of the Israel Movement for Progressive Judaism — renewed support for the israel religious action center to promote religious pluralism and the rule of law through advocacy, research, public education and litigation
Largest: $100,000 to GREEN THE CHURCH RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT DEV CO LLC — project support grant to conduct studies for eight churches interested in serving as clean energy and ev charging hubs and to develop a community readiness framework those organiza…
Largest: $1.4M to NEW JERSEY ARTS AND CULTURE RENEWAL FUND — 79865 supporting the rebranded new jersey arts and culture renewal fund in supporting smaller arts, arts education, cultural, and history organizations
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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 →