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12 funders with a record of paying for “zone”
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NextcorpsRochester, NYCharity · may take applications
31 matching grants · $775,000 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to SIMPLICOLLEGE — assist start-up with funding after proof-of-concept stage has been achieved in order to reach commercial success in recognized innovation zones
Largest: $200,000 to Northside Achievement Zone — for support of naz's education, career & finance, and parent leadership and systems change strategies
Equis InstituteWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
15 matching grants · $3.3M · through 2024Largest: $1.1M to CAFE ACCION — lapiz (latino political innovation zones)
Innovia FoundationSpokane, WACharity · may take applications
16 matching grants · $627,067 · through 2023Largest: $46,043 to Spokane Public Schools — the zone elp year 4 for biomed and camp crime scene, afterschool in the zone
Largest: $100,000 to HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE INC — core support for the growth capital fund, which will provide catalytic capital to grow and strengthen the infrastructure of the william julius wilson institute at the harlem childr…
Largest: $617,970 to LAND USE ATLAS INC — to support grantee's national zoning atlas and its efforts to support zoning code reform by documenting information about zoning codes in six states: alaska, arizona, georgia, nort…
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
13 matching grants · $17.2M · through 2023Largest: $713,000 to Metroplitan Planning Council — support of annual event (no tickets or tangible benefits). support for climate resilience initiative, general operating support. in support of the co-creation, facilitation and man…
Largest: $4.5M to HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE INC — economic mobility
Largest: $71,625 to AUDUBON KIDS ZONE INC — early learning
Largest: $450,000 to (188) MASSACHUSETTS HOUSING PARTNERSHIP FUND BOARD — climate: to support implementation of new zoning in mbta communities
Youth Service AmericaWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
13 matching grants · $220,500 · through 2022Largest: $29,500 to State of Michigan MCSC — national days of service lead agency grants and youth service zone grant and harris wofford award
Largest: $600,000 to Harlem Children's Zone Inc — to support an 11-site initiative demonstrating a wholistic, life cycle approach to economic success that has the potential to inform future directions for economic mobility and chi…
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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 →