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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 “survivor”
Where the money went
Largest: $155,000 to AVIV FOR HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS — to support the national accessibility program that serves homebound holocaust survivors.
The Community Foundation of MiddleNashville, TNCharity · may take applications
73 matching grants · $5.1M · through 2024Largest: $125,000 to EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS — to provide free legal aid and survivor advocacy for the communities and survivors of the december 9, 2023 tornadoes.
Louisiana Coalition Against DomesticBaton Rouge, LACharity · may take applications
59 matching grants · $2.9M · through 2024Largest: $135,896 to Iris Domestic Violence Center — housing and/or childcare assistance for domestic violence survivors.
Utah Domestic Violence AdvisorySalt Lake City, UTCharity · may take applications
40 matching grants · $1.0M · through 2023Largest: $93,594 to SOUTH VALLEY SERVICES — survivor assistance
Everytown for Gun Safety Support FundNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
34 matching grants · $390,000 · through 2024Largest: $15,000 to SURVIVORS OF SUICIDE INC — to provide funding for services for gun violence survivors
Largest: $50,000 to VERONICA'S VOICE — to empower survivors to exit from, prevent entry into, and to end all demand for commercial sexual exploitation through survivor leadership.
Langley for Families -Newport News, VACharity · may take applications
22 matching grants · $256,055 · through 2025Largest: $10,000 to SAFE HOUSE PROJECT — contributed funds to assist local 501(c)(3) to support its mission: safe house project holds the audacious belief that eradication of child trafficking is possible through the powe…
The Jensen ProjectDallas, TXCharity · may take applications
22 matching grants · $3.3M · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to AMERICA LOVES KID'S — advocates for survivors of child sexual abuse, works with policy makers and elected leaders to create policies that benefit survivors of child sexual abuse
Largest: $150,000 to GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY — core support for the justice for youth survivors initiative that works to end the legal systems treatment of girls and gender-expansive youth who are survivors of gender-based viol…
Conrad N Hilton FoundationWestlake Village, CA
19 matching grants · $6.3M · through 2024Largest: $200,000 to COALITION TO ABOLISH SLAVERY AND TRAFFICKING — to provide direct services to survivors of human trafficking that increase their self-sufficiency and to advance a network of survivors for survivor-led advocacy
The Ahla FoundationWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
20 matching grants · $1.4M · through 2024Largest: $302,600 to THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLANDSAFE CENTER — survivor fund grant disbursement
Largest: $500,000 to CENTER FOR SURVIVOR AGENCY ANDJUSTICE — multi-year grant: mapping and advancing racial and economic equity for survivors
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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 →