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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 “amputee”
Where the money went
Hfo FoundationPhiladelphia, PA
6 matching grants · $1.4M · through 2024Largest: $592,800 to BRIDGE TO TURKIYE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM — amputee project
Largest: $3,418 to KAREN CRESPO — payment of medical expenses - amputee
Largest: $20,000 to DIGNITY FOR THE AMPUTEE INT'L — support of human services for amputees
Largest: $50,000 to AMPUTEE BLADE RUNNERS — running legs for active amputees
Largest: $75,000 to DIGNITY FOR THE AMPUTEE INTERNATIONAL — medical team travel expenses
Largest: $10,000 to EASTERN AMPUTEE GOLF ASSOCIATION — to support veterans
Largest: $10,000 to American Amputee Soccer Assoc — athletics/ education/ youth services
Largest: $33,134 to American Amputee Soccer Association — general charitable
Largest: $5,000 to AMPUTEE BLADE RUNNERS — sports prostheses for lower leg amputee from lewisville, tx
The James W PickleSioux Falls, SD
3 matching grants · $85,000 · through 2024Largest: $35,000 to AMPUTEE BLADE RUNNERS — blades and socketts
The Flossie FoundationSiloam Springs, AR
3 matching grants · $57,000 · through 2024Largest: $19,000 to LIMBS FOR LIFE — assist amputees with prosthetics
Largest: $20,000 to 2FT PROSTHETICS — aiding underserved amputees in the dominican republic and philippines
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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 →