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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.
12 funders with a record of paying for “belay”
Where the money went
Haynes Family FoundationGreenwood Village, CO
3 matching grants · $33,000 · through 2024Largest: $13,000 to BELAY ENTERPRISES — for belay enterprises
Largest: $20,000 to BELAY YOUTH MINISTRY — unrestricted grant to general fund
New Hampshire Charitable FoundationConcord, NHCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $51,500 · through 2024Largest: $25,250 to On Belay — for general and operating support
Largest: $5,000 to ON BELAY — 9 free, adventure based programs for 20 nh youth who have been impacted with cancer in family
Faith and Learning International NfpWheaton, ILCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $55,026 · through 2024Largest: $29,688 to Belay Global -V — project expenses
Largest: $3,500 to ON BELAY — operational support
Largest: $15,000 to CAMP TAMARACKON BELAY TY — support organization
Largest: $25,000 to BELAY ENTERPRISES — general operations
Vitae FoundationJefferson City, MOCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $20,000 · through 2023Largest: $10,000 to LIFE ON BELAY INC — prolife communications
Largest: $10,000 to ON BELAY — supports general activities
Largest: $75,000 to MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY — alfred p. sloan research fellowship for adam belay in computer science
Largest: $2.1M to BELAY FUND — support operations
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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 →