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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 “boor”

Where the money went

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The Ford Family Foundation → Boor K: $32K across 3 grants, latest 2024Allen Family Foundation → Metro State Univerisity of Denver: $6K across 2 grants, latest 2023Central Valley Electric Education → Gracelyn Boor: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Ford Family Foundation: $32K on this topic. Open the funder.The Ford Family Foundation$32KAllen Family Foundation: $6K on this topic. Open the funder.Allen Family Foundation$6KCentral Valley Electric Education: $2K on this topic. Open the funder.Central Valley Electric Educa…$2KBoor K: received $32K on this topicBoor K$32KMetro State Univerisity of Denver: received $6K on this topicMetro State Univerisity of Denv…$6KGracelyn Boor: received $2K on this topicGracelyn Boor$2K
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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 →