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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.

3 funders with a record of paying for “binger”

Where the money went

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The Mcknight Foundation → Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Inc: $305K across 5 grants, latest 2023The Lucille Lortel Foundation Inc → Yale Repertory Theatre: $59K across 5 grants, latest 2024Agriculture Scholarship Centre for Basis → Braydon Binger: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2025The Mcknight Foundation → Minnesota Council On Foundations: $112K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Mcknight Foundation: $417K on this topic. Open the funder.The Mcknight Foundation$417KThe Lucille Lortel Foundation Inc: $59K on this topic. Open the funder.The Lucille Lortel Foundation…$59KAgriculture Scholarship Centre for Basis: $3K on this topic. Open the funder.Agriculture Scholarship Centr…$3KMinnesota Council of Nonprofits Inc: received $305K on this topicMinnesota Council of Nonprofits…$305KMinnesota Council On Foundations: received $112K on this topicMinnesota Council On Foundations$112KYale Repertory Theatre: received $59K on this topicYale Repertory Theatre$59KBraydon Binger: received $3K on this topicBraydon Binger$3K
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 20192025. 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 →