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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.

8 funders with a record of paying for “boyhood”

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Archewell Foundation → Equimundo: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2022American Forests → National Park Service: $21K across 1 grant, latest 2021The Jane Henson Foundation → Community Foundation of Washington County Inc: $20K across 4 grants, latest 2025Minnesota Historical Society → Faribault County Historical Society: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2024Dillon Foundation → Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home: $18K across 4 grants, latest 2024George H Riedel Foundation → Mark Twain Boyhood Home Foundation: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022Community Foundation Alliance Inc → Lincoln Boyhood Drama Association: $7K across 1 grant, latest 2021Voorhees Family Foundation → Young America's Foundation: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2024Archewell Foundation: $50K on this topic. Open the funder.Archewell Foundation$50KAmerican Forests: $21K on this topic. Open the funder.American Forests$21KThe Jane Henson Foundation: $20K on this topic. Open the funder.The Jane Henson Foundation$20KMinnesota Historical Society: $20K on this topic. Open the funder.Minnesota Historical Society$20KDillon Foundation: $18K on this topic. Open the funder.Dillon Foundation$18KGeorge H Riedel Foundation: $10K on this topic. Open the funder.George H Riedel Foundation$10KCommunity Foundation Alliance Inc: $7K on this topic. Open the funder.Community Foundation Alliance…$7KVoorhees Family Foundation: $3K on this topic. Open the funder.Voorhees Family Foundation$3KEquimundo: received $50K on this topicEquimundo$50KNational Park Service: received $21K on this topicNational Park Service$21KCommunity Foundation of Washington County Inc: received $20K on this topicCommunity Foundation of Washing…$20KFaribault County Historical Society: received $20K on this topicFaribault County Historical Soc…$20KRonald Reagan Boyhood Home: received $18K on this topicRonald Reagan Boyhood Home$18KMark Twain Boyhood Home Foundation: received $10K on this topicMark Twain Boyhood Home Foundat…$10KLincoln Boyhood Drama Association: received $7K on this topicLincoln Boyhood Drama Associati…$7KYoung America's Foundation: received $3K on this topicYoung America's Foundation$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 →