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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.

4 funders with a record of paying for “balser”

Where the money went

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Robert W Woodruff Foundation Inc → Jewish Homelife: $1.0M across 1 grant, latest 2024Fraser-Parker Foundation → Jewish Home Life Communities: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2024Hill District Grandstand Show → Ryan Balser: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2024Encova Foundation of West Virginia → Cystic Fibrosis Foundation: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2024Robert W Woodruff Foundation Inc: $1.0M on this topic. Open the funder.Robert W Woodruff Foundation…$1.0MFraser-Parker Foundation: $100K on this topic. Open the funder.Fraser-Parker Foundation$100KHill District Grandstand Show: $6K on this topic. Open the funder.Hill District Grandstand Show$6KEncova Foundation of West Virginia: $1K on this topic. Open the funder.Encova Foundation of West Vir…$1KJewish Homelife: received $1.0M on this topicJewish Homelife$1.0MJewish Home Life Communities: received $100K on this topicJewish Home Life Communities$100KRyan Balser: received $6K on this topicRyan Balser$6KCystic Fibrosis Foundation: received $1K on this topicCystic Fibrosis Foundation$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 →