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Find who already funds work like yours.
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 “anywhere”
Where the money went
Largest: $15,000 to Community Investment Collaborative — anywhere it is needed
Largest: $2.2M to IDEO ORG — 79617 designing a future child-care system that ensures that every child, family, and community have the care they need to thrive anywhere, everywhere
Gold Family Charitable TrustBriarcliff Manor, NY
3 matching grants · $60,000 · through 2024Largest: $20,000 to KHAN ACADEMY — to provide a free world-class education for anyone, anywhere
Largest: $7,000 to CHARITY ANYWHERE FOUNDATION — charitable donation
Largest: $43,850 to TERGAR INTERNATIONAL — anytime anywhere meditation course & supplemental grant for true north leadership program at 1440
Largest: $25,000 to READING IN MOTION — reading together, anywhere!: virtual arts-enriched literacy training for elementary school educators
Largest: $10,000 to KHAN ACADEMY — to support free online access to education for any individual anywhere in the world.
Largest: $12,500 to CULINARY INSTITUTE OF AMERICA — support towards the educational programs; immersive learning and industry connections preparing students to lead in the kitchen, the boardroom, or anywhere they want to go in food.
Largest: $9,285 to ALLEGHANY HIGHLANDS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND TOURISM — live here/work anywhere campaign
Gutenstein Legacy Foundation Inc Co Stacie PriceMinneapolis, MN
2 matching grants · $10,000 · through 2024Largest: $5,000 to Culinary Institute Of America — support towards the educational programs; immersive learning and industry connections preparing students to lead in the kitchen, the boardroom, or anywhere they want to go in food
Sherman N and Rita F Siegel FoundationPalm Beach Gardens, FL
2 matching grants · $6,000 · through 2024Largest: $4,000 to PII FOUNDATION — the pii foundation is a us-based non-profit organisation established to fund and resource humanitarian initiatives delivering virtual care for the most vulnerable anywhere, anytime…
Largest: $125,416 to Myriad USA — to provide donors with a simple and efficient platform to support nonprofit initiatives overseas, anywhere across the globe
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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 →