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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 “anuual”

Where the money went

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Woodland Foundation Inc → New York Philharmonic: $7K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Borkowski Family Foundation → House of Charity - Bishops Appeal: $6K across 3 grants, latest 2024Julie and Brian Simmons Foundation → Coalition for Fairness in Soho: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Borkowski Family Foundation → South Jersey Catholic Ministries Appeal: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2025The Borkowski Family Foundation: $8K on this topic. Open the funder.The Borkowski Family Foundati…$8KWoodland Foundation Inc: $7K on this topic. Open the funder.Woodland Foundation Inc$7KJulie and Brian Simmons Foundation: $2K on this topic. Open the funder.Julie and Brian Simmons Found…$2KNew York Philharmonic: received $7K on this topicNew York Philharmonic$7KHouse of Charity - Bishops Appeal: received $6K on this topicHouse of Charity - Bishops Appe…$6KSouth Jersey Catholic Ministries Appeal: received $2K on this topicSouth Jersey Catholic Ministrie…$2KCoalition for Fairness in Soho: received $2K on this topicCoalition for Fairness in Soho$2K
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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 →