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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.
Foundation based inAny state AL AK AZ AR CA CO CT DE DC FL GA HI ID IL IN IA KS KY LA ME MD MA MI MN MS MO MT NE NV NH NJ NM NY NC ND OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN TX UT VT VA WA WV WI WY PR VI Gave to recipients inAny state AL AK AZ AR CA CO CT DE DC FL GA HI ID IL IN IA KS KY LA ME MD MA MI MN MS MO MT NE NV NH NJ NM NY NC ND OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN TX UT VT VA WA WV WI WY PR VI Funder typeBoth Private foundations Charities & associations Grants of at leastAny size $10k $50k $100k Active sinceAny year 2023 or later 2024 or later
10 funders with a record of paying for “atheist”
Where the money went Proteus Fund Inc → American Atheists: $65K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Max P Gottfried Testamentary → American Atheists: $56K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Stiefel Freethought Foundation → Atheists United: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Cloudbreak Foundation Inc → Atheists Helping the Homeless Dc: $12K across 2 grants, latest 2025 Freedom From Religion Foundation Inc → American Atheists Association: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Skb Foundation → Community Services Agency: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2021 The Screen Porch Foundation Inc → American Atheists: $4K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Los Angeles Regional Food Bank → Atheists United: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Bank of America Charitable → Ask A Former Atheist Inc: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Jpmorgan Chase Foundation → American Atheists Inc: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Stiefel Freethought Foundation → American Atheists Inc: $4K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The Screen Porch Foundation Inc → Atlanta Freethought Society: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Stiefel Freethought Foundation → Military Association of Atheists & Freethinkers: $3K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Proteus Fund Inc: $65K on this topic. Open the funder. Proteus Fund Inc $65K Max P Gottfried Testamentary: $56K on this topic. Open the funder. Max P Gottfried Testamentary $56K Stiefel Freethought Foundation: $27K on this topic. Open the funder. Stiefel Freethought Foundation $27K Cloudbreak Foundation Inc: $12K on this topic. Open the funder. Cloudbreak Foundation Inc $12K Freedom From Religion Foundation Inc: $10K on this topic. Open the funder. Freedom From Religion Foundat… $10K Skb Foundation: $8K on this topic. Open the funder. Skb Foundation $8K The Screen Porch Foundation Inc: $6K on this topic. Open the funder. The Screen Porch Foundation I… $6K Los Angeles Regional Food Bank: $3K on this topic. Open the funder. Los Angeles Regional Food Bank $3K The Bank of America Charitable: $2K on this topic. Open the funder. The Bank of America Charitable $2K Jpmorgan Chase Foundation: $1K on this topic. Open the funder. Jpmorgan Chase Foundation $1K American Atheists: received $125K on this topic American Atheists $125K Atheists United: received $23K on this topic Atheists United $23K Atheists Helping the Homeless Dc: received $12K on this topic Atheists Helping the Homeless Dc $12K American Atheists Association: received $10K on this topic American Atheists Association $10K Community Services Agency: received $8K on this topic Community Services Agency $8K American Atheists Inc: received $5K on this topic American Atheists Inc $5K Military Association of Atheists & Freethinkers: received $3K on this topic Military Association of Atheist… $3K Atlanta Freethought Society: received $2K on this topic Atlanta Freethought Society $2K Ask A Former Atheist Inc: received $2K on this topic Ask A Former Atheist Inc $2K 10 funders, 9 recipients, grants matching “atheist” only. Ribbon width is proportional to the total given; each funder has its own colour (smaller funders in gray). Hover a name to isolate its flows, click a funder to open it. Drag to move around; zoom with the buttons, a double-click, or the wheel after clicking the map. Largest: $20,000 to ATHEISTS UNITED — to support the freethought fellowship foundation
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Largest: $2,100 to AMERICAN ATHEISTS — defend atheist civil liberties
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Largest: $19,374 to AMERICAN ATHEISTS — general operations
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Largest: $25,000 to AMERICAN ATHEISTS — rights & justice
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Largest: $6,552 to Atheists Helping the Homeless DC — food and basic needs distribution
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Largest: $10,000 to AMERICAN ATHEISTS ASSOCIATION — operating grant
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Largest: $8,000 to COMMUNITY SERVICES AGENCY — taiwanese american atheists & buddhists thanksgiving dinner
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Largest: $2,563 to ATHEISTS UNITED — see mission statement
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Largest: $1,500 to ASK A FORMER ATHEIST INC — program/operating support
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Largest: $1,000 to AMERICAN ATHEISTS INC — matching contribution (general operating support)
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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 →
