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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.

2 funders with a record of paying for “activitiesexempt”

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Felker Family Foundation Inc → Uga Foundation: $100K across 2 grants, latest 2025Vesta W & William J Hardman Jr Charitable Foundation Inc → Rabun Gap Nacoochee School: $43K across 3 grants, latest 2024Felker Family Foundation Inc → Mcdaniel Tichenor House: $55K across 4 grants, latest 2025Vesta W & William J Hardman Jr Charitable Foundation Inc → Woodward Academy: $32K across 3 grants, latest 2024Felker Family Foundation Inc → Athens College of Ministry: $30K across 3 grants, latest 2024Vesta W & William J Hardman Jr Charitable Foundation Inc → University of Tampa: $28K across 3 grants, latest 2024Felker Family Foundation Inc → Grace Commons Church: $30K across 3 grants, latest 2025Felker Family Foundation Inc → Shephard Center Foundation: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2023Felker Family Foundation Inc → United Way of Aiken County: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2023Felker Family Foundation Inc → Big Horn Equestrian Center: $20K across 4 grants, latest 2025Vesta W & William J Hardman Jr Charitable Foundation Inc → Emory University: $19K across 2 grants, latest 2023Felker Family Foundation Inc → Food Bank of Ne Geogia: $15K across 3 grants, latest 2025Felker Family Foundation Inc → Grace Commons: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022Felker Family Foundation Inc → Bogus Basin Recreation Assoc: $10K across 2 grants, latest 2023Felker Family Foundation Inc → Madison Oglethorpe Animal Shelter: $8K across 3 grants, latest 2025Felker Family Foundation Inc → Georgia Coastal Historical Society: $7K across 2 grants, latest 2024Vesta W & William J Hardman Jr Charitable Foundation Inc → Emory - Oxford College: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2024Felker Family Foundation Inc → Idaho Diaper Bank: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2024Felker Family Foundation Inc → Athenspets: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2025Felker Family Foundation Inc → Coastal Georgia Historical Society: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2025Felker Family Foundation Inc → Greater Boulder Youth Orchestra: $2K across 2 grants, latest 2023Felker Family Foundation Inc → Second Harvest of South Georgia: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2025Felker Family Foundation Inc → Fairview Orchestra Booster Club: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2024Felker Family Foundation Inc: $340K on this topic. Open the funder.Felker Family Foundation Inc$340KVesta W & William J Hardman Jr Charitable Foundation Inc: $128K on this topic. Open the funder.Vesta W & William J Hardman J…$128KUga Foundation: received $100K on this topicUga Foundation$100KMcdaniel Tichenor House: received $55K on this topicMcdaniel Tichenor House$55KRabun Gap Nacoochee School: received $43K on this topicRabun Gap Nacoochee School$43KWoodward Academy: received $32K on this topicWoodward Academy$32KAthens College of Ministry: received $30K on this topicAthens College of Ministry$30KGrace Commons Church: received $30K on this topicGrace Commons Church$30KUniversity of Tampa: received $28K on this topicUniversity of Tampa$28KShephard Center Foundation: received $20K on this topicShephard Center Foundation$20KUnited Way of Aiken County: received $20K on this topicUnited Way of Aiken County$20KBig Horn Equestrian Center: received $20K on this topicBig Horn Equestrian Center$20KEmory University: received $19K on this topicEmory University$19KFood Bank of Ne Geogia: received $15K on this topicFood Bank of Ne Geogia$15KGrace Commons: received $10K on this topicGrace Commons$10KBogus Basin Recreation Assoc: received $10K on this topicBogus Basin Recreation Assoc$10KMadison Oglethorpe Animal Shelter: received $8K on this topicMadison Oglethorpe Animal Shelt…$8KGeorgia Coastal Historical Society: received $7K on this topicGeorgia Coastal Historical Soci…$7KEmory - Oxford College: received $6K on this topicEmory - Oxford College$6KIdaho Diaper Bank: received $5K on this topicIdaho Diaper Bank$5KAthenspets: received $3K on this topicAthenspets$3KCoastal Georgia Historical Society: received $3K on this topicCoastal Georgia Historical Soci…$3KGreater Boulder Youth Orchestra: received $2K on this topicGreater Boulder Youth Orchestra$2KSecond Harvest of South Georgia: received $2K on this topicSecond Harvest of South Georgia$2KFairview Orchestra Booster Club: received $1K on this topicFairview Orchestra Booster Club$1K
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 20192025. 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 →