Funding search
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
12 funders with a record of paying for “bang”
Where the money went Chuck Lorre Family Foundation → Ucla Development: $6.7M across 2 grants, latest 2023 John Templeton Foundation → Trustees of Princeton University: $1.0M across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Howard Gilman Foundation Inc → Bang On A Can: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Kettering Family Foundation → Bang On A Can: $85K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Global Village Charitable Trust → Bang On A Can: $60K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Jaffe Family Foundation → Bang On A Can: $60K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Aaron Copland Fund for Music Inc → Bang On A Can Inc: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Sirovich Family Charitable Fdn → Bang On A Can: $40K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Williamson Foundation for Music → Bang On A Can: $16K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Harriett Gully Beadel Foundation Inc → Bangs Isd Nurses Fund: $11K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Robert Black Foundation Trust Dated September 212018 → Bang On A Can: $10K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Mercer Family Foundation → Michelle Bang: $9K across 2 grants, latest 2023 John Templeton Foundation → St Johns College Durham: $646K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Chuck Lorre Family Foundation → Ucla Foundation the: $286K across 2 grants, latest 2021 The Howard Gilman Foundation Inc → Bang On A Can Inc: $75K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Aaron Copland Fund for Music Inc → Bang On A Can Inc: $48K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Chuck Lorre Family Foundation: $7.0M on this topic. Open the funder. Chuck Lorre Family Foundation $7.0M John Templeton Foundation: $1.7M on this topic. Open the funder. John Templeton Foundation $1.7M The Howard Gilman Foundation Inc: $275K on this topic. Open the funder. The Howard Gilman Foundation… $275K The Aaron Copland Fund for Music Inc: $98K on this topic. Open the funder. The Aaron Copland Fund for Mu… $98K Kettering Family Foundation: $85K on this topic. Open the funder. Kettering Family Foundation $85K Global Village Charitable Trust: $60K on this topic. Open the funder. Global Village Charitable Tru… $60K The Jaffe Family Foundation: $60K on this topic. Open the funder. The Jaffe Family Foundation $60K The Sirovich Family Charitable Fdn: $40K on this topic. Open the funder. The Sirovich Family Charitabl… $40K Williamson Foundation for Music: $16K on this topic. Open the funder. Williamson Foundation for Mus… $16K Harriett Gully Beadel Foundation Inc: $11K on this topic. Open the funder. Harriett Gully Beadel Foundat… $11K The Robert Black Foundation Trust Dated September 212018: $10K on this topic. Open the funder. The Robert Black Foundation T… $10K Mercer Family Foundation: $9K on this topic. Open the funder. Mercer Family Foundation $9K Ucla Development: received $6.7M on this topic Ucla Development $6.7M Trustees of Princeton University: received $1.0M on this topic Trustees of Princeton University $1.0M St Johns College Durham: received $646K on this topic St Johns College Durham $646K Bang On A Can: received $461K on this topic Bang On A Can $461K Ucla Foundation the: received $286K on this topic Ucla Foundation the $286K Bang On A Can Inc: received $123K on this topic Bang On A Can Inc $123K Bang On A Can Inc: received $50K on this topic Bang On A Can Inc $50K Bangs Isd Nurses Fund: received $11K on this topic Bangs Isd Nurses Fund $11K Bang On A Can: received $10K on this topic Bang On A Can $10K Michelle Bang: received $9K on this topic Michelle Bang $9K 12 funders, 10 recipients, grants matching “bang” 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: $6.3M to UCLA DEVELOPMENT — big bang theory scholarship fund and cardiology program
Full grant history → IRS filings ↗
Largest: $423,990 to TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY — observing the big bang with relic neutrinos
Full grant history → IRS filings ↗
Largest: $28,000 to BANG ON A CAN INC — encourage knowledge and appreciation of contemporary american music
Full grant history → IRS filings ↗
Largest: $3,000 to Bang on a Can — summer institute scholarship for bass players
Full grant history → IRS filings ↗
Largest: $4,500 to BANG ON A CAN — to further music education
Full grant history → IRS filings ↗
Largest: $35,000 to BANG ON A CAN — long play 2025
Full grant history → IRS filings ↗
Largest: $25,000 to BANG ON A CAN — general operation
Full grant history → IRS filings ↗
Largest: $20,000 to BANG ON A CAN — support charitable purpose
Full grant history → IRS filings ↗
Largest: $20,000 to BANG ON A CAN — to assist in the purpose of the charity
Full grant history → IRS filings ↗
Largest: $200,000 to BANG ON A CAN — foundation grant - general operating
Full grant history → IRS filings ↗
Largest: $4,100 to BANGS ISD NURSES FUND — to fund purchase of an aed, aed supplies, and cpr supplies for the nurse's fund
Full grant history → IRS filings ↗
Largest: $5,000 to MICHELLE BANG — scholarship for educational use
Full grant history → IRS filings ↗
This is one keyword. PaperOrbit reads your actual paper and searches on everything in it — population, methods, outcomes — then explains why each funder fits.
Start with one paper Search by location Local foundations often favor nearby communities. Enter a ZIP code to see foundations based near you, and where grant money has actually landed in your area.
Browse by field A few starting points in each field — the search box above reaches every topic in all 9.6 million grants.
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 →
