Funding search
Find who already funds work like yours.
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.
11 funders with a record of paying for “broadest”
Where the money went
Largest: $97,500 to WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART — the museum collects, exhibits, preserves, researches, and interprets art of the united states in the broadest global, historical, and interdisciplinary contexts.
The Stanley & JoyceBeverly Hills, CA
3 matching grants · $31,000 · through 2023Largest: $15,000 to WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART — to support the whitney museum of american art which seeks to be the defining museum of twentieth- and twenty-first-century american art. the museum collects, exhibits, preserves, r…
Largest: $45,000 to AMERICAN POPS ORCHESTRA — apo was founded in 2015 with a mission to build community through the preservation, promotion, and reimagination of american popular music.through live and virtual performances, ed…
Largest: $27,500 to CITY CENTER NYC — dedicated to making the arts accessible to the broadest possible audience, city center seeks to create a welcoming environment and engage all audiences with inspiring programming t…
Canton Jewish Community FederationCanton, OHCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $252,570 · through 2023Largest: $145,200 to Philanthropic and Endowment Fund — to foster continuity of the canton jewish community through the broadest range of innovative and creative charitable programs.
Largest: $10,000 to NEW YORK CITY CENTER — charitable contribution - to support dance and musical theater and to make the arts accessible to the broadest possible audience.
Largest: $26,250 to CONGREGATION NER TAMID — support for the celebration of jewish life including the broadest range of quality programs and compelling experience for people of all ages
Largest: $5,000 to NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY — collects, preserves, and interprets, for the broadest possible public, material relevant to the history of the united states in general and of new york state and city in particular…
Largest: $10,000 to VENETIAN HERITAGE — providing funding to safeguard, support and celebrate the legacy of venetian art in its broadest sense.
Largest: $1,500 to WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART — the museum collects, exhibits, preserves, researches and interprets art of the u.s. in the broadest global, historical and interdisciplinary contexts.
Largest: $3,000 to GRAND FOUNDATION — to serve the city of tracy as the principal fundraiser for the center for the arts and its associated programs which foster the broadest possible public use of the center of the ar…
This is one keyword. PaperOrbit reads your actual paper and searches on everything in it — population, methods, outcomes — then explains why each funder fits.
Start with one paperSearch by location
Local foundations often favor nearby communities. Enter a ZIP code to see foundations based near you, and where grant money has actually landed in your area.
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 →