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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 “brackets”

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The Peter A and Deborah L Weinberg → Bloomberg Museum of the City of New York: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2022Jenny Johnson Family Foundation Inc → Baby2baby: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Barry S Sternlicht Foundation → One Mind Institute: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2023Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts → Bracket: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Gilbert Family Foundation → Every Mother Counts: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022Gerald Flaxer Charitable Foundation → Wgbh: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023The King's Daughters and Sons Foundation → Easterseals Redwood: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2025Variety - the Children's Charity of Iowa → Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Central Iowa: $7K across 1 grant, latest 2024Union County Public Education → Books and Brackets: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2023Pioneer Federal Community → Deer Lodge School District #1: $5K across 3 grants, latest 2025Thomaston Savings Bank Foundation Inc → Railroad Museum of New England: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2024Mfa Oil Foundation → Harrisburg R-Viii School District: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2021Jenny Johnson Family Foundation Inc → Council for Economic Education: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2025Thomaston Savings Bank Foundation Inc → Rotary Club of Terryville: $4K across 2 grants, latest 2025Mfa Oil Foundation → Village of Pollock: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2022Mfa Oil Foundation → Pantry for Adair County: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2021Jenny Johnson Family Foundation Inc: $40K on this topic. Open the funder.Jenny Johnson Family Foundati…$40KThe Peter A and Deborah L Weinberg: $20K on this topic. Open the funder.The Peter A and Deborah L Wei…$20KThe Barry S Sternlicht Foundation: $20K on this topic. Open the funder.The Barry S Sternlicht Founda…$20KGraham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts: $10K on this topic. Open the funder.Graham Foundation for Advance…$10KThe Gilbert Family Foundation: $10K on this topic. Open the funder.The Gilbert Family Foundation$10KGerald Flaxer Charitable Foundation: $10K on this topic. Open the funder.Gerald Flaxer Charitable Foun…$10KThomaston Savings Bank Foundation Inc: $9K on this topic. Open the funder.Thomaston Savings Bank Founda…$9KThe King's Daughters and Sons Foundation: $8K on this topic. Open the funder.The King's Daughters and Sons…$8KVariety - the Children's Charity of Iowa: $7K on this topic. Open the funder.Variety - the Children's Char…$7KUnion County Public Education: $6K on this topic. Open the funder.Union County Public Education$6KPioneer Federal Community: $5K on this topic. Open the funder.Pioneer Federal Community$5KMfa Oil Foundation: $4K on this topic. Open the funder.Mfa Oil Foundation$4KBloomberg Museum of the City of New York: received $20K on this topicBloomberg Museum of the City of…$20KBaby2baby: received $20K on this topicBaby2baby$20KOne Mind Institute: received $20K on this topicOne Mind Institute$20KCouncil for Economic Education: received $20K on this topicCouncil for Economic Education$20KBracket: received $10K on this topicBracket$10KEvery Mother Counts: received $10K on this topicEvery Mother Counts$10KWgbh: received $10K on this topicWgbh$10KEasterseals Redwood: received $8K on this topicEasterseals Redwood$8KRonald Mcdonald House Charities of Central Iowa: received $7K on this topicRonald Mcdonald House Charities…$7KBooks and Brackets: received $6K on this topicBooks and Brackets$6KDeer Lodge School District #1: received $5K on this topicDeer Lodge School District #1$5KRailroad Museum of New England: received $5K on this topicRailroad Museum of New England$5KRotary Club of Terryville: received $4K on this topicRotary Club of Terryville$4KHarrisburg R-Viii School District: received $2K on this topicHarrisburg R-Viii School Distri…$2KVillage of Pollock: received $1K on this topicVillage of Pollock$1KPantry for Adair County: received $1K on this topicPantry for Adair County$1K
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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 →