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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 “bhutan”
Where the money went
Largest: $54,000 to BHUTAN FOUNDATION — general operating funds bhutan ecological society
Largest: $102,500 to THE BHUTAN FOUNDATION — bhutan nuns fund
Largest: $95,000 to THE BHUTAN FOUNDATION — bhutan youth development fund
Largest: $810,000 to FRIENDS OF THE ROYAL TEXTILE ACADEMY OF BHUTAN — support program - weaving into the future
The New York Community TrustNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $1.8M · through 2024Largest: $1.8M to THE BHUTAN FOUNDATION — for program support.
Silicon Valley Community FoundationMountain View, CACharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $122,050 · through 2024Largest: $45,000 to Music of Bhutan Research Center — arts & culture
Almi FoundationFriday Harbor, WA
3 matching grants · $1.8M · through 2024Largest: $1.3M to PADMA SHEDRUP LING — fund charitable activities in us, nepal, india and bhutan
The Guzik FoundationMountain View, CA
2 matching grants · $400,000 · through 2024Largest: $300,000 to BHUTAN FOUNDATION (YANG YA FOUNDATION) — to serve the people of bhutan
Largest: $150,000 to BHUTAN FOUNDATION — bhutan youth development fund: green weaving center
Largest: $100,000 to THE BHUTAN FOUNDATION — traditional medicine in nomad health camps, tarayana foundation's regenerative agriculture work and bumthang hospital's bear team
National Academy of SciencesWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $451,278 · through 2023Largest: $300,000 to BHUTAN FOUNDATION — research grant
Largest: $10,000 to BHUTAN FOUNDATION — cultural preservation, environmental, good governance
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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 →