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.
12 funders with a record of paying for “benson”
Where the money went
Largest: $300,000 to BENSON HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION — fred pisasale tennis center for benson high school
Largest: $3,050 to BENSON AMY — scholarship - minnesota state univ- moorhead
Largest: $50,000 to SWIFT COUNTY BENSON HOSPITAL — support health care programs
Largest: $89,574 to BENSON BAPTIST CHURCH — for community religious enrichment
Southwest Initiative FoundationHutchinson, MNCharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $136,032 · through 2024Largest: $40,532 to PRAIRIE FIVE COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL INCORPORATED — benson area memory loss network, bring it home program, mmn elementary school playground seating, vita free tax clinic, deed economic deverlopment child care, big stone lake/ orton…
The Alfred & RoseFt Lauderdale, FL
6 matching grants · $30,000 · through 2024Largest: $5,000 to JAMES J BENSON III — fordham university - scholarship
Largest: $31,848 to JAMES BENSON — scholarship grants for undergraduate study
NFL FoundationNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $115,500 · through 2023Largest: $30,000 to GAYLE AND TOM BENSON CHARITABLE FOUN — charitable contributions
Largest: $700,000 to COLLEGE FOR CREATIVE STUDIES — benson & edith ford scholarship
Largest: $1,000 to CITY OF BENSON — city of benson operations
Largest: $5,000 to Julia Benson — richard h. pierce memorial scholarship
Largest: $110,697 to Southern Maine Community College — scholarships - a alicea, d allen, m bannister, t barter, c bay, n benoit, j benson, k betts, g bixler, l borchers, s bowen, m brown, m brown, d campbell, r carson, v cartonio, j ca…
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 paperSearch 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.
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 →