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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.
4 funders with a record of paying for “animalrescue”
Where the money went
Largest: $8,000 to Highland County Humane Society — animalrescue and petretention
The Robert E and Polly a Zimmerman FoundationOverland Park, KS
2 matching grants · $2,700 · through 2023Largest: $1,700 to Wayside Waifs — animalrescue efforts.
Dolores M Finley Charitable Foundation Trust AgreementLagrangeville, NY
1 matching grant · $5,000 · through 2022Largest: $5,000 to MY HOPE'S IN YOU SMALL ANIMAL RESCUE — small animalrescue and adoption
Largest: $3,000 to RAGS TO RICHES ANIMAL RESCUE — animalrescue andadoption
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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 →