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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 “captital”

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Greater Tacoma Community Foundation → Pacific Lutheran University: $81K across 1 grant, latest 2024True Community Credit Union → Jackson School of the Arts: $33K across 1 grant, latest 2024St Croix Valley Foundation → Carpenter St Croix Valley Nature Center: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2021Greater Tacoma Community Foundation → Tacoma Urban League: $75K across 1 grant, latest 2024Greater Tacoma Community Foundation → Charles Wright Academy: $54K across 1 grant, latest 2024Greater Tacoma Community Foundation → Immanuel Presbyterian Church: $31K across 1 grant, latest 2024Greater Tacoma Community Foundation → City of Buckley: $21K across 1 grant, latest 2024Greater Tacoma Community Foundation → Carol Milgard Breast Center: $11K across 1 grant, latest 2024Greater Tacoma Community Foundation → Parks Tacoma: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024Greater Tacoma Community Foundation: $283K on this topic. Open the funder.Greater Tacoma Community Foun…$283KTrue Community Credit Union: $33K on this topic. Open the funder.True Community Credit Union$33KSt Croix Valley Foundation: $5K on this topic. Open the funder.St Croix Valley Foundation$5KPacific Lutheran University: received $81K on this topicPacific Lutheran University$81KTacoma Urban League: received $75K on this topicTacoma Urban League$75KCharles Wright Academy: received $54K on this topicCharles Wright Academy$54KJackson School of the Arts: received $33K on this topicJackson School of the Arts$33KImmanuel Presbyterian Church: received $31K on this topicImmanuel Presbyterian Church$31KCity of Buckley: received $21K on this topicCity of Buckley$21KCarol Milgard Breast Center: received $11K on this topicCarol Milgard Breast Center$11KParks Tacoma: received $10K on this topicParks Tacoma$10KCarpenter St Croix Valley Nature Center: received $5K on this topicCarpenter St Croix Valley Natur…$5K
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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 →