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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 “true”
Where the money went
Largest: $14,036 to SIGMA CHI LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE — four scholarships for the 1440 multiversity true north leadership program
The Community Foundation forJacksonville, FLCharity · may take applications
27 matching grants · $364,427 · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to AGING TRUE -URBAN JACKSONVILLE INC — designated for senior population in clay county fl to pay for home-based expenses that they cannot afford.
Largest: $300,000 to VERA INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE INC — core support for the true line project for narrative change work that uses research, tested messages, and stories to build consensus that safety and justice are not in conflict and…
Largest: $10,000 to TRUE BLUE 1881 INC — program support
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
10 matching grants · $526,600 · through 2023Largest: $125,000 to True Star Foundation Inc — flip the script filmmaking fellowship., in support of true star's youth media development program, from the searle funds at the chicago community trust., in support of increased ne…
Largest: $100,000 to TRUE ACCESS CAPITAL CORPORATION — program/operating support
Largest: $25,000 to TRUE NATURE SOCIETY DBA QUAIL SPRINGS — $12,500 to bore hole pump and solar panels and $12,500 to gos
Largest: $125,000 to GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY — alice and russell true endowed scholarship fund
Tides FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
10 matching grants · $307,148 · through 2024Largest: $60,000 to TRUE COLORS UNITED INC — equity, human rights, and economic empowerment
Servant FoundationOverland Park, KSCharity · may take applications
10 matching grants · $134,022 · through 2024Largest: $21,622 to True the Vote — community development
Lutheran Services FloridaTampa, FLCharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $3.0M · through 2024Largest: $760,656 to URBAN JACKSONVILLE INC DBA AGING TRUE — dcf samh provider
Conrad N Hilton FoundationWestlake Village, CA
6 matching grants · $3.2M · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to TRUE COLORS UNITED INC — to support the second phase in national narrative change research and communications strategies key to ending youth homelessness
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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 →