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Find who already funds work like yours.
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.
6 funders with a record of paying for “activitites”
Where the money went
Largest: $1.5M to VANGUARD CHARITABLE FOUNDATION (DONOR ADVISED FUND) — to support programs and activitites
Largest: $5,554 to CONG KETER TORAH — support of religious activitites
Crystal Coast TournamentMorehead City, NCCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $3.2M · through 2022Largest: $2.0M to BIG ROCK FOUNDATION INC — to provide funding to the foundation so it can provide assistance to child related activitites
Largest: $25,000 to Project Access Resource Centers — funding to help level the playing field for low-income students with high quality academic support and enrichment activitites.
Largest: $9,306 to WARREN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL — general activitites
Christus HealthIrving, TXCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $91,600 · through 2023Largest: $91,600 to Coastal Bend Center for Independent Living — to provide transportation services to health-related services and community activitites for individuals with disabilities and older adults
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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 →