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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.

2 funders with a record of paying for “artisticdevelopment”

Where the money went

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Arthur & Hilda Wenig Charitable Foundation → Manhattan Theatre Club: $23K across 3 grants, latest 2024Wright Family Foundation Inc → Ken Theater League: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2023Arthur & Hilda Wenig Charitable Foundation → Signature Theater Co: $15K across 3 grants, latest 2024Arthur & Hilda Wenig Charitable Foundation: $38K on this topic. Open the funder.Arthur & Hilda Wenig Charitab…$38KWright Family Foundation Inc: $3K on this topic. Open the funder.Wright Family Foundation Inc$3KManhattan Theatre Club: received $23K on this topicManhattan Theatre Club$23KSignature Theater Co: received $15K on this topicSignature Theater Co$15KKen Theater League: received $3K on this topicKen Theater League$3K
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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 →