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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 “weeks”
Where the money went
Largest: $200,000 to GREATER TWIN CITIES UNITED WAY — united way/lolgiving week - pledge payments
Largest: $38,500 to APPALACHIA REACH OUT — purchase shelf-stable, frozen, and fresh foods for weekly distributions to martin county families.aro also will restock five martin county elementary school-based family resource a…
Abbvie FoundationNorth Chicago, IL
34 matching grants · $19.7M · through 2025Largest: $2.1M to Points of Light Foundation — week of possibilities 2023 volunteer projects implementation and week of possibilities volunteer for 2024
Largest: $7,500 to Bartram Trail High School — youth football and coach of the week
Largest: $50,000 to CEC STUYVESANT COVE INC (SOLAR ONE) — designed to increase equity in the clean energy economy, the green design lab is a series of programs serving k-12th grade students in under-resourced communities, sparking interes…
Largest: $1,000 to DM THERRELL HIGH SCHOOL — 2022 coach of the week ? week #9 winner
Largest: $10,000 to Girl Scouts of Hawaii — girl scouts of hawaii (gsh) will deliver the girl scout leadership experience (gsle) to over 2,200 girl scouts ages 5-18 years old. this includes 485 girl scouts from low-income fa…
Largest: $500,000 to THE GREATER WASHINGTON EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION — to expand canvas, pbs newshours' national coverage of the arts featuring weekly aired and on-line art segments.
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
19 matching grants · $2.2M · through 2023Largest: $12,500 to Church of St Mary — $5,200 support of weekly offering ($100/week for 52 weeks in 2022); $4,800 support for special causes and uses as decided by the church of st. mary's in lake forest
Largest: $2,000 to BENNETT ALUMNI ASSOCIATION — coach of the week
Largest: $10,000 to Bates College — to engage in the histories, economies, and cultures of asia; 1. tanaka memorial foundation student research grant. 2. partial support for one professor and two students to attend t…
California State Parks FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
15 matching grants · $2.5M · through 2024Largest: $1.3M to CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION — 2022 wildfire resiliency prevention grant; 2023 ca state parks week; 2023 earth day grant; 2023 monarch conservation; 2023 state parks improvement; annual distribution
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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 →