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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 “adler”
Where the money went
Largest: $30,000 to ADLER PLANETARIUM — unrestricted use
American Museum of Natural HistoryNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $136,576 · through 2024Largest: $44,872 to Adler Planetarium — collab research
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $2.1M · through 2023Largest: $486,050 to Adler Planetarium — general support for programs, operations and other charitable purposes
Largest: $10,000 to ADLER APHASIA CENTER — technology supporting the adler aphasia rehabilitation program
Largest: $2.0M to ADLER PLANETARIUM — to rehouse, preserve and protect items in the adler's collections.
Largest: $100,000 to ADLER PLANETARIUM — far horizons program
Largest: $88,000 to ADLER PLANETARIUM — cosmology and astrophysics research and pdta
Largest: $5,000 to JOSHUA ADLER — scholarship paid
Largest: $15,000 to ADLER APHASIA CENTER — increasing access to aphasia rehabilitation through advocacy, education and outreach
Largest: $50,000 to MID ISLAND Y JCC — adler center for special needs
Largest: $50,000 to STELLA ADLER ACADEMY — to further charitable purpose
Largest: $50,000 to Adler University — strong communities
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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 →