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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 “bittner”
Where the money went
Largest: $97,657 to ROCHESTER INST OF TECHNOLOGY — grant ronald bittner school
Davis Conservation FoundationYarmouth, MECharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $15,000 · through 2022Largest: $15,000 to Kennebec Estuary Land Trust — kelt's bittner project: creating a conservation and recreational hub
Casabella Fam TrE Longmeadow, MA
1 matching grant · $3,000 · through 2022Largest: $3,000 to BRYCE BITTNER-CHEE HING — college scholarship to university of maine
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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 →