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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 “bluecheck”
Where the money went
Largest: $75,000 to BLUECHECK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC — general & unrestricted
U S-Ukraine FoundationFalls Church, VACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $39,645 · through 2024Largest: $21,136 to BLUECHECK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC — grant funds for humanitarian (food, housing, medicines), emergency services to ukrainian people.
Largest: $100,000 to BLUECHECK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC — ukrainian humanitarian aid
Global Fund for WidowsNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $50,000 · through 2023Largest: $50,000 to BLUECHECK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION — program services - basic needs
Largest: $40,000 to NOVA UKRAINE — bluecheck ukraine
Largest: $15,000 to BLUECHECK UKRAINE — to aid donee organization in its exempt function
Largest: $8,800 to BLUECHECK — tolerspace programming
Cordes FoundationBethesda, MDCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $15,000 · through 2022Largest: $15,000 to NOVA UKRAINE — to support bluecheck ukraine - general support
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $9,000 · through 2023Largest: $9,000 to BlueCheck Charitable Foundation Inc — general support for programs, operations and other charitable purposes
Largest: $3,000 to BLUECHECK UKRAINE — furtherance of exempt purpose
Ossen Family FoundationWest Hartford, CT
1 matching grant · $1,000 · through 2025Largest: $1,000 to BLUECHECK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC — general operating purposes
Largest: $1,000 to BLUECHECK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC — general & unrestricted
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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 →

