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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 “vital”
Where the money went
Largest: $70,900 to AMARILLO AREA FOUNDATION INC — community vitality match credit card donation (501(c)3) match payroll deduction (501(c)3) disaster relief
The Community FoundationAsheville, NCCharity · may take applications
400 matching grants · $21.5M · through 2024Largest: $2.0M to ASHEVILLE AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC — building community & economic vitality
Find Your Light FoundationLos Angeles, CACharity · may take applications
176 matching grants · $1.8M · through 2024Largest: $27,500 to EDUCATION THROUGH MUSIC — to provide a vital service to the underserved population through arts education programs
United Way of New York CityNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
104 matching grants · $26.1M · through 2022Largest: $5.5M to JUSTICE INNOVATION INC — atlas/ons - led by uwnyc and ons, atlas will work in collaboration with uwnycs extensive list of community based organizations (cbo) to provide a suite of services including mentor…
Largest: $330,000 to (353) GREATER LOWELL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — to provide core support for lowell chamber orchestra as part of the catalyzing vitality program
Largest: $20,000 to CENTER FOR DAIRY EXCELLENCE FOUNDATION — east region community vitality grant
Arkansas Ambulance AssociationEl Dorado, ARCharity · may take applications
38 matching grants · $724,323 · through 2025Largest: $15,000 to VITAL LINK INC — the arkansas ambulance association (araa) supports the ems development grants program which is a vital source of funding for the state's ambulance providers. funding may be used fo…
Largest: $2.0M to ESPLANADE ASSOCIATION — cultural vitality
Largest: $400,000 to VITAL STRATEGIES INC — global health and development public awareness and analysis; research and learning opportunities
Largest: $25.3M to VITAL STRATEGIES INC — to combat the opioid crisis in the u.s.
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
14 matching grants · $19.6M · through 2022Largest: $8.6M to Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights — general operating support. support for marjorie kovler center general fund. support for readi chicago, readi chicago and north lawndale collaborative. support for implementation of…
Largest: $250,000 to VITAL STRATEGIES INC — support for vital strategies' overdose prevention work in kentucky that strengthens support for harm reduction strategies and services and increases the capacity of state and local…
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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 →