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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.

1 funder with a record of paying for “carryingon”

Where the money went

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Ramzan and Parvin Dhanji Family Foundation Inc → Aga Khan Foundation USA: $175K across 3 grants, latest 2024Ramzan and Parvin Dhanji Family Foundation Inc → Focus USA: $75K across 3 grants, latest 2024Ramzan and Parvin Dhanji Family Foundation Inc → Apna Ghar: $22K across 1 grant, latest 2023Ramzan and Parvin Dhanji Family Foundation Inc: $272K on this topic. Open the funder.Ramzan and Parvin Dhanji Fami…$272KAga Khan Foundation USA: received $175K on this topicAga Khan Foundation USA$175KFocus USA: received $75K on this topicFocus USA$75KApna Ghar: received $22K on this topicApna Ghar$22K
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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 →