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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 “boarders”
Where the money went
Bill Holmes Charitable TrustNorth Las Vegas, NV
4 matching grants · $127,047 · through 2025Largest: $33,477 to Doctors Without Boarders — where most needed
Largest: $12,000 to DOCTORS WITHOUT BOARDERS — urgent medical care to people caught
Largest: $7,000 to DOCTOR WITHOUT BOARDERS — general - unrestricted
Largest: $75,000 to INSTITUTE OF THE AMERICAS — funding for the cross boarder steam lab
Aaron Rashti Family FoundationGreenwood Village, CO
3 matching grants · $115,000 · through 2024Largest: $40,000 to DOCTORS WITHOUT BOARDERS — international humanitarian aid
Largest: $5,000 to DOCTORS WITHOUT BOARDERS — given to assist, support and promote the activiies of the donee.
Largest: $10,000 to DOCTORS WITHOUT BOARDERS — general fund of the organization
Largest: $10,000 to DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS — donation to doctors without boarders usa.
Largest: $68,730 to DOCTORS WITHOUT BOARDERS — support of daily operations
Largest: $40,000 to DOCTORS WITHOUT BOARDERS USA — general operations
Largest: $100,000 to ELEPHANTS WITHOUT BOARDERS — hope for elephants - $60,000great elephant corridor - $40,000
Largest: $33,100 to DOCTORS WITHOUT BOARDERS — to assist 501(c)(3) organization
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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 →