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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 “amazing”

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Huffington Foundation → Houston Amazing Place: $1.5M across 5 grants, latest 2024The Whalley Foundation → Amazing Place: $860K across 4 grants, latest 2025Albert and Margaret Alkek Foundation → Amazing Place: $550K across 3 grants, latest 2024Alabama Partnership for Children → Amazing Kids Academy: $491K across 3 grants, latest 2024Jstlwf → Amazing Discoveries: $400K across 4 grants, latest 2024The William Stamps Farish Fund → Houston's Amazing Place Inc: $295K across 3 grants, latest 2024Metrowest Health Foundation Inc → Amazing Things Arts Center Inc: $267K across 5 grants, latest 2024Early Learning Coalition of Marion → Amazing Kids World Academy LLC: $262K across 3 grants, latest 2023The San Diego Foundation → Springfield Museums: $250K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Elkins Foundation → Amazing Place: $250K across 4 grants, latest 2024Watt Foster Family Foundation → Amazement Square: $44K across 9 grants, latest 2025Salt of the Earth Foundation → Amazing Facts: $40K across 2 grants, latest 2022The San Diego Foundation → The League of Amazing Programmers: $198K across 2 grants, latest 2022Early Learning Coalition of Marion → Amazing Grace Safehaven: $102K across 3 grants, latest 2023The William Stamps Farish Fund → Amazing Place: $65K across 1 grant, latest 2021Alabama Partnership for Children → Dinah A Robinson-Lewis Dba Amazing Kids Academy: $32K across 1 grant, latest 2024Salt of the Earth Foundation → Amazing Discoveries: $30K across 3 grants, latest 2024Watt Foster Family Foundation → Truist Bank: $8K across 2 grants, latest 2023The San Diego Foundation → Recovery Gathering: $14K across 1 grant, latest 2024Huffington Foundation: $1.5M on this topic. Open the funder.Huffington Foundation$1.5MThe Whalley Foundation: $860K on this topic. Open the funder.The Whalley Foundation$860KAlbert and Margaret Alkek Foundation: $550K on this topic. Open the funder.Albert and Margaret Alkek Fou…$550KAlabama Partnership for Children: $522K on this topic. Open the funder.Alabama Partnership for Child…$522KThe San Diego Foundation: $462K on this topic. Open the funder.The San Diego Foundation$462KJstlwf: $400K on this topic. Open the funder.Jstlwf$400KEarly Learning Coalition of Marion: $364K on this topic. Open the funder.Early Learning Coalition of M…$364KThe William Stamps Farish Fund: $360K on this topic. Open the funder.The William Stamps Farish Fund$360KMetrowest Health Foundation Inc: $267K on this topic. Open the funder.Metrowest Health Foundation I…$267KThe Elkins Foundation: $250K on this topic. Open the funder.The Elkins Foundation$250KSalt of the Earth Foundation: $70K on this topic. Open the funder.Salt of the Earth Foundation$70KWatt Foster Family Foundation: $51K on this topic. Open the funder.Watt Foster Family Foundation$51KAmazing Place: received $1.7M on this topicAmazing Place$1.7MHouston Amazing Place: received $1.5M on this topicHouston Amazing Place$1.5MAmazing Kids Academy: received $491K on this topicAmazing Kids Academy$491KAmazing Discoveries: received $430K on this topicAmazing Discoveries$430KHouston's Amazing Place Inc: received $295K on this topicHouston's Amazing Place Inc$295KAmazing Things Arts Center Inc: received $267K on this topicAmazing Things Arts Center Inc$267KAmazing Kids World Academy LLC: received $262K on this topicAmazing Kids World Academy LLC$262KSpringfield Museums: received $250K on this topicSpringfield Museums$250KThe League of Amazing Programmers: received $198K on this topicThe League of Amazing Programme…$198KAmazing Grace Safehaven: received $102K on this topicAmazing Grace Safehaven$102KAmazement Square: received $44K on this topicAmazement Square$44KAmazing Facts: received $40K on this topicAmazing Facts$40KDinah A Robinson-Lewis Dba Amazing Kids Academy: received $32K on this topicDinah A Robinson-Lewis Dba Amaz…$32KRecovery Gathering: received $14K on this topicRecovery Gathering$14KTruist Bank: received $8K on this topicTruist Bank$8K
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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 →