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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 “animalshelter”
Where the money went
Largest: $1,500 to MORRIS ANIMAL FOUNDATION — animalshelter
Paul J Straley & Marjorie I Straley Charitable FoundationDauphin, PA
2 matching grants · $12,000 · through 2024Largest: $6,000 to Animal Friends of Port Aransas Inc — support portaransas animalshelters
Largest: $45,000 to Laredo Animal Protective Society — to provide assistance for the homeless animalshelter in laredo
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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 →