Funding search
Find who already funds work like yours.
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 “sponsership”
Where the money went
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of GeorgiaincOakland, CACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $790,000 · through 2024Largest: $510,000 to United Way Of Greater Atlanta Inc — uwga inforum 2024,aap luncheon sponsership,womens
Largest: $25,000 to HEMOPHILIA ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK INC — support & sponsership of the charitable purposes of this organization
Screen Actors Guild-American FederationLos Angeles, CACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $26,112 · through 2022Largest: $12,500 to INGLEDODD MEDIA — muahs awards sponsership, cdga sponsership
Gary Sinise FoundationFranklin, TNCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $36,880 · through 2024Largest: $24,000 to HIMSS NCA — sponsership of alliance
The Mary E Groff Charitable Trust 2631-00-46Philadelphia, PA
2 matching grants · $20,000 · through 2023Largest: $10,000 to Mercer Island Schools Foundation — 2022 sponsership
Largest: $25,000 to BOY SCOUTS OF NAT'L CAPITAL AREA MARRIOTT SCOUT SERVICE CENTER — sponsership/ gala
San Joaquin Community HospitalBakersfield, CACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $25,000 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to Kern County Cancer Fund — event sponsership
Largest: $25,000 to WICHITA MARK ARTS — media craft national presenting sponsership
Largest: $25,200 to KIPP Foundation — community development - aspen ideas festival sponsership - kipp alumni accelerator fellows
Largest: $5,000 to NEW PERSPECTIVE FOUNDATION — fundraiser sponsership
Kaiser Foundation Health PlanOakland, CACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $15,000 · through 2024Largest: $15,000 to Georgia Association For Primary Health — evening riverboat sponsership
Largest: $15,000 to RUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — rutgers 2022 scm corporate sponsership
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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 →

