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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 “capex”

Where the money went

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The Cfm Foundation → Sunset Home: $1.0M across 1 grant, latest 2025The Lb Lane Family Foundation Inc → Salt Block Foundation: $16K across 4 grants, latest 2025The Harry B and Betty M Corliss Foundation → Draper Community Foundation Inc: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Cfm Foundation → Quincy Family YMCA: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2025The Cfm Foundation → Quincy Society of Fine Arts: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2025The Cfm Foundation: $1.1M on this topic. Open the funder.The Cfm Foundation$1.1MThe Lb Lane Family Foundation Inc: $16K on this topic. Open the funder.The Lb Lane Family Foundation…$16KThe Harry B and Betty M Corliss Foundation: $3K on this topic. Open the funder.The Harry B and Betty M Corli…$3KSunset Home: received $1.0M on this topicSunset Home$1.0MQuincy Family YMCA: received $100K on this topicQuincy Family YMCA$100KSalt Block Foundation: received $16K on this topicSalt Block Foundation$16KQuincy Society of Fine Arts: received $5K on this topicQuincy Society of Fine Arts$5KDraper Community Foundation Inc: received $3K on this topicDraper Community Foundation Inc$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 →