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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 “benfit”
Where the money went
Largest: $1,000 to TOWN OF JUPITER ISLAND — to provide monetary benfits to the town employees.
Largest: $10,000 to FRIENDS OF KATY TRAIL — raise funds needed to maintain and improve the trail for the benfit of dallas citizens and visitors
Worth County Development AuthorityNorthwood, IACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $2.4M · through 2025Largest: $2.4M to EDUCATION AND SCHOLARSHIPS — to benfit students
Largest: $5,995 to FIREMEN'S ANNUITY AND BENFIT FUND OF CHICAGO — unrestricted and restricted contribution
Public Policy LabBrooklyn, NYCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $25,000 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to MAPS BENFIT CORP — research and development
Largest: $3,000 to TULANE UNIVERESITY — for the general benfit of the charity
Napa Medical Research FoundationNapa, CACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $115,158 · through 2022Largest: $115,158 to NAPA VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — to benfit the health and wellness of napa county residents.
Largest: $25,000 to FULL SPECTRUM FEATURES NFP — benfit pledge
Largest: $20,000 to BELIEVE WITH ME — benfit for children of fallen soldiers
Largest: $25,000 to UP FOR GROWTH — benfit homeless services program
Largest: $10,000 to JEFF HEIDI ERICKSON BENEFIT — brain cancer benfit
Largest: $5,000 to AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY — to benfit those suffering with cancer and help contirbute to the quest to find a cure.
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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 →