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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 “selected”
Where the money went
Largest: $250,000 to DIOCESE OF JEFFERSON CITY — pre-selected by foundation
Largest: $72,000 to FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY — selected scholarship recipient award
Largest: $850,000 to FUTURE EARTH — to support transdisciplinary research projects, selected through international solicitations, that advance knowledge about tipping points in the earth system and improve the assess…
Largest: $40,000 to FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE — to make distributions to various tax exempt institutions which are selected for educational, medical or humanitarian directed activities.
West Bay Community Charitable FoundationEstero, FLCharity · may take applications
56 matching grants · $469,000 · through 2022Largest: $20,500 to Pregnancy Resource Center — funds will be used by 501c3 charities in lee and collier counties to :1provide care and shelter to abused women and children 2provide tutoring to academically challenged students a…
Largest: $100,000 to WORLD INSTITUTE ON DISABILITY — project support for the global heumann fellowship, which selects disability leaders to work on projects promoting disability rights and justice in their communities
National Legal Aid and DefenderWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
28 matching grants · $1.2M · through 2024Largest: $72,086 to 603 LEGAL AID — nlada received funding for the national telephone abuse prevention project (ntapp) from a cy pres award in krakauer (o/b/o a class of persons) v. dish network, llc. ntapp supports …
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
22 matching grants · $8.2M · through 2024Largest: $1.2M to Pretrial Justice Institute — to organize and convene a network of selected jurisdictions working toward local jail reform as part of the safety and justice challenge
The Jcpenney FoundationPlano, TXCharity · may take applications
33 matching grants · $324,716 · through 2023Largest: $81,000 to BOYS GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA — a jcpenney store general manager or district manager selects a local nonprofit partner to receive a leader grant.
Michigan Health & Hospital AssociationOkemos, MICharity · may take applications
27 matching grants · $1.8M · through 2023Largest: $125,000 to SELECT SPECIALTY HOSPITAL - DOWNRIVER — grant pass through
Largest: $100,000 to FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — pre-selected by foundation
Largest: $20,000 to EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY — to provide tuition assistance to selected student
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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 →