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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.

1 funder with a record of paying for “asost”

Where the money went

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United Way of South Central → Our Bright Future Inc: $147K across 3 grants, latest 2023United Way of South Central → Catholic Charities: $145K across 2 grants, latest 2022United Way of South Central → Worcester Community Action Council: $114K across 2 grants, latest 2022United Way of South Central → Tri-Valley Inc: $78K across 2 grants, latest 2022United Way of South Central → Old Sturbridge Village: $43K across 1 grant, latest 2023United Way of South Central → Girl Scouts of Cntrl & Westrn Mass: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2023United Way of South Central: $535K on this topic. Open the funder.United Way of South Central$535KOur Bright Future Inc: received $147K on this topicOur Bright Future Inc$147KCatholic Charities: received $145K on this topicCatholic Charities$145KWorcester Community Action Council: received $114K on this topicWorcester Community Action Coun…$114KTri-Valley Inc: received $78K on this topicTri-Valley Inc$78KOld Sturbridge Village: received $43K on this topicOld Sturbridge Village$43KGirl Scouts of Cntrl & Westrn Mass: received $8K on this topicGirl Scouts of Cntrl & Westrn M…$8K
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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 →