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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 “superhero”
Where the money went
Largest: $1,099 to GAEL HERNANDEZ — superhero outreach - laptops for education
Largest: $650,000 to FOSTER LOVE — foster love superhero partnership and service activity retainer 2024-2025
Largest: $5,000 to CASA OF FORSYTH COUNTY — to fund superhero run
Largest: $31,743 to SUPERHERO PROJECT — financial support
Largest: $75,000 to UKRAINE HOUSE DC FOUNDATION — olena zelenska foundation for the superhero schools
Largest: $10,000 to THE SUPERHERO PROJECT — superhero project: posters of power - helping youth reframe their views of themselves
Nashville Predators FoundationNashville, TNCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $11,100 · through 2023Largest: $6,000 to BLACK LEMONADE — students will participate in a 8 week superhero diversity summer camp. this camp is designed to introduce students to the diverse mainstream superheroes we all know and love.
Children'S Hospital of MichiganDetroit, MICharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $1.6M · through 2024Largest: $1.6M to UNIVERSITY PEDIATRICIANS — immunophenotype and biomarkers by flow cytometry in pediatri,advanced fellowship training in pediatric cardiology subspec,funding a pediatric oncology clinical research associate a…
Ibew Local #98 Labor ManagementPhiladelphia, PACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $37,000 · through 2024Largest: $26,000 to THE SUPERHERO PROJECT INC — financial support
Baptist Health South FloridaCoral Gables, FLCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $40,000 · through 2022Largest: $20,000 to LIVE LIKE BELLA CHILDHOOD CANCER — sponsor the 2nd annual llb symposium, bella's ball, and the superhero 5k.
Largest: $10,000 to LITERACY TOGETHER — superhero learners league
Largest: $1,000 to AUSTIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — superhero kids
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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 →