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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.

3 funders with a record of paying for “alliviation”

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Madrono Foundation → The Bail Project: $100K across 2 grants, latest 2025Violet G Young Charitable Trust → Food Bank of Iowa: $5K across 4 grants, latest 2025Waves of Goodness → Food and Care Coalition: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2022Madrono Foundation → Center On Budget and Policy Priorities: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2024Madrono Foundation → Chief Seattle Club: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2024Madrono Foundation → Harvest International Ministry: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2025Madrono Foundation → Solid Ground: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2025Madrono Foundation → Undue Medical Debt: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2025Madrono Foundation → Uptogether: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2024Madrono Foundation → Shriver Center On Poverty Law: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2024Madrono Foundation → Center for Refugee Services: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2025Madrono Foundation → Fundamental Needs: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2025Madrono Foundation: $550K on this topic. Open the funder.Madrono Foundation$550KViolet G Young Charitable Trust: $5K on this topic. Open the funder.Violet G Young Charitable Tru…$5KWaves of Goodness: $5K on this topic. Open the funder.Waves of Goodness$5KThe Bail Project: received $100K on this topicThe Bail Project$100KCenter On Budget and Policy Priorities: received $50K on this topicCenter On Budget and Policy Pri…$50KChief Seattle Club: received $50K on this topicChief Seattle Club$50KHarvest International Ministry: received $50K on this topicHarvest International Ministry$50KSolid Ground: received $50K on this topicSolid Ground$50KUndue Medical Debt: received $50K on this topicUndue Medical Debt$50KUptogether: received $50K on this topicUptogether$50KShriver Center On Poverty Law: received $50K on this topicShriver Center On Poverty Law$50KCenter for Refugee Services: received $50K on this topicCenter for Refugee Services$50KFundamental Needs: received $50K on this topicFundamental Needs$50KFood Bank of Iowa: received $5K on this topicFood Bank of Iowa$5KFood and Care Coalition: received $5K on this topicFood and Care Coalition$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 →