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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.

5 funders with a record of paying for “activitiesfor”

Where the money went

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Henry E & Consuelo S Wenger Foundation Inc → Andrew K Dwyer Foundation: $18K across 4 grants, latest 2025The Copley Fund → Lanpher Memorial Library: $12K across 4 grants, latest 2024Hall Brothers Trust Ed G Hall → Lyric Performing Arts Theatre: $6K across 3 grants, latest 2024Stratford Foundation → Yss North Iowa: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2024Bertram Development Company Inc → Bertram Elementary: $5K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Copley Fund → Varnum Memorial Library: $12K across 4 grants, latest 2024The Copley Fund: $25K on this topic. Open the funder.The Copley Fund$25KHenry E & Consuelo S Wenger Foundation Inc: $18K on this topic. Open the funder.Henry E & Consuelo S Wenger F…$18KHall Brothers Trust Ed G Hall: $6K on this topic. Open the funder.Hall Brothers Trust Ed G Hall$6KStratford Foundation: $6K on this topic. Open the funder.Stratford Foundation$6KBertram Development Company Inc: $5K on this topic. Open the funder.Bertram Development Company I…$5KAndrew K Dwyer Foundation: received $18K on this topicAndrew K Dwyer Foundation$18KLanpher Memorial Library: received $12K on this topicLanpher Memorial Library$12KVarnum Memorial Library: received $12K on this topicVarnum Memorial Library$12KLyric Performing Arts Theatre: received $6K on this topicLyric Performing Arts Theatre$6KYss North Iowa: received $6K on this topicYss North Iowa$6KBertram Elementary: received $5K on this topicBertram Elementary$5K
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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 →