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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 “three”
Where the money went
Largest: $350,000 to SECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY — general support, $350,000 per year for three years
Largest: $13,011 to ZERO TO THREE — 79351 advancing economic security and inclusion in policymaking for families with infants and toddlers to ensure that children thrive -- zero to three
Largest: $2,000 to THREE RIVERS YOUNG PEOPLES ORCHESTRA — to support collaboration with three rivers young peoples orchestra, over three years
Largest: $266,013 to COLLECTIVE FOR YOUTH — to provide three years of operating support to collective for youth; three years of stem enrichment programming for youth in high-need ops elementary schools; and one-time operatin…
Largest: $1.3M to PORTLAND ART MUSEUM — three year operating support for art museum
United Way of New York CityNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
120 matching grants · $63.4M · through 2024Largest: $790,673 to ATAPE GROUP LLC — readnyc- readnyc is a comprehensive, aligned, and collective strategy to support children, families, and communities with resources to build and sustain a culture of learning and a…
Largest: $90,000 to INITIATIVE FOR A COMPETITIVE INNER CITY INC — through a research brief and three to four local case studies, this project will explore the implications for practice of an emerging place-based strategy, regional economic connec…
Largest: $25,000 to ZERO TO THREE — to support improved demographic data collection through the healthy steps program, with a pilot effort in the greater washington region
Largest: $14,428 to CITY OF ASYLUM PITTSBURGH — to support "celebrating the music of dorothy ashby, alice coltrane, and geri allen," a series of three concerts honoring the music of three influential jazz composers featuring pit…
Largest: $35,000 to THREE RIVERS HOSPITAL FDN — prenatal through age three & unrestricted
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
41 matching grants · $9.9M · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to ZERO TO THREE NATIONAL CENTER FOR INFANTS TODDLERS AND FAMILIES — sponsor the annual zero to three national conference
Largest: $50,000 to UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH — to help launch a pilot project that will focus on three core areas of potential population growth for a thriving pittsburgh economy
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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 →