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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 “role”
Where the money went
Largest: $1.0M to RAND CORPORATION — 80257 gun policy research: evaluating the role gun laws play in contributing to racial and ethnic disparities in criminal justice outcomes
Alzheimer'S Disease Research FoundationWellesley Hills, MACharity · may take applications
62 matching grants · $12.6M · through 2025Largest: $230,000 to ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI — investigating the pathogenetic role of microglial mef2c in alzheimer's disease across the lifespan: developmental priming vs. adult response to injury
Largest: $206,400 to HABITAT FOR HUMANITY SEATTLE — to enable the institution to continue their public charitable role.
Largest: $385,000 to CENTER FOR CURATORIAL LEADERSHIP INC — core support for its fellowship training program that prepares museum curators for leadership roles and seeks to diversify the curatorial leadership track at cultural institutions
Largest: $8,000 to LEILANI FARHA — to investigate the role of financialization in residential real estate across the world, specifically by private equity funds, as a contributor to rising inequality
Largest: $750,000 to SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION — the role of microbiomes in shaping the ecology and evolution of tropical forest ecosystems
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
34 matching grants · $18.7M · through 2023Largest: $7.2M to Chicago Urban League — support of the mcdonald's chicago community impact grants program, matching the contribution of charles matthews, pgl employee. general operating support. support to empower mid-ca…
Largest: $300,000 to FINANCIAL SERVICES STAKEHOLDER PROJECT — to support research and education on private equity (pe) investment in the health care sector to provide expanded transparency and analysis about its role in health care, focusing …
Largest: $693,927 to THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY — to expand the multidisciplinary rtogov research network examining the role and governance of regional transmission organizations that manage the electric power grid in the united s…
Largest: $5,000 to THE ADOPT-A-ROLE MODEL PROGRAM — to support the mission of the adopt-a-role model via their educational products and books program.
New America FoundationWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
26 matching grants · $2.8M · through 2024Largest: $350,000 to NATIONAL GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION CENTER FOR BEST PRACTICES — support grantee's role as a partnership to advance youth apprenticeship (paya) national partner
Largest: $263,000 to Brookings Institution — for a legislative study group on the role of congress in foreign affairs
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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 →