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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.

1 funder with a record of paying for “assistcharitableactivity”

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Heiser Foundation → Temple Israel: $30K across 3 grants, latest 2024Heiser Foundation → Animal Protection League: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2024Heiser Foundation → Uplift All Foundation: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2023Heiser Foundation → Act Sprayneuter Clinic: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2022Heiser Foundation → Save Our Kitties: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2023Heiser Foundation → City of Stockton Animals Shelter Control: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2023Heiser Foundation → University of the Pacific: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2023Heiser Foundation: $43K on this topic. Open the funder.Heiser Foundation$43KTemple Israel: received $30K on this topicTemple Israel$30KAnimal Protection League: received $5K on this topicAnimal Protection League$5KUplift All Foundation: received $3K on this topicUplift All Foundation$3KAct Sprayneuter Clinic: received $1K on this topicAct Sprayneuter Clinic$1KSave Our Kitties: received $1K on this topicSave Our Kitties$1KCity of Stockton Animals Shelter Control: received $1K on this topicCity of Stockton Animals Shelte…$1KUniversity of the Pacific: received $1K on this topicUniversity of the Pacific$1K
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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 →