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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 “afolabi”

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The Wight Foundation → Riches Afolabi: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2022James A Pinaire III Foundation Inc → Chapel Hill-Chancey Hall School: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2024James A Pinaire III Foundation Inc → Chapel Hill-Chauncy Hall: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2022James A Pinaire III Foundation Inc → Chapel Hill-Chauncy Hall School: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2023James A Pinaire III Foundation Inc → Chapel Hillchancey Hall School: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2025James A Pinaire III Foundation Inc: $10K on this topic. Open the funder.James A Pinaire III Foundatio…$10KThe Wight Foundation: $3K on this topic. Open the funder.The Wight Foundation$3KRiches Afolabi: received $3K on this topicRiches Afolabi$3KChapel Hill-Chancey Hall School: received $3K on this topicChapel Hill-Chancey Hall School$3KChapel Hill-Chauncy Hall: received $3K on this topicChapel Hill-Chauncy Hall$3KChapel Hill-Chauncy Hall School: received $3K on this topicChapel Hill-Chauncy Hall School$3KChapel Hillchancey Hall School: received $3K on this topicChapel Hillchancey Hall School$3K
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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 →