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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 “causeassist”

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Kevin and Holly Ricklefs Family → Calrta Scholarship: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2025Kevin and Holly Ricklefs Family → American Lung Association: $5K across 2 grants, latest 2025Kevin and Holly Ricklefs Family → Lotus Land Botanical Gardens: $4K across 2 grants, latest 2025Kevin and Holly Ricklefs Family → Catholic Medical Mission Board: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2023Kevin and Holly Ricklefs Family → Foodbank of Santa Barbara County: $2K across 2 grants, latest 2025Kevin and Holly Ricklefs Family → Diocesan Development Drive: $2K across 2 grants, latest 2025Kevin and Holly Ricklefs Family → Paws St George: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2025Kevin and Holly Ricklefs Family → Direct Relief: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2025Kevin and Holly Ricklefs Family → Helping Others Win: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2024Kevin and Holly Ricklefs Family → Santa Barbara Parrish: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2024Kevin and Holly Ricklefs Family → Santa Barbara County Immigrant Legal Def: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2025Kevin and Holly Ricklefs Family → Youth Futures Utah: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2024Kevin and Holly Ricklefs Family → Fire Aid Benefit Concert: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2025Kevin and Holly Ricklefs Family → Fish Reef Project Santa Barbara: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2024Kevin and Holly Ricklefs Family → Girls Inc Santa Barbara: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2024Kevin and Holly Ricklefs Family → Global Empowerment Mission: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2024Kevin and Holly Ricklefs Family → St George Musical Theater: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2025Kevin and Holly Ricklefs Family → Wildfire Research Center: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2025Kevin and Holly Ricklefs Family: $34K on this topic. Open the funder.Kevin and Holly Ricklefs Fami…$34KCalrta Scholarship: received $5K on this topicCalrta Scholarship$5KAmerican Lung Association: received $5K on this topicAmerican Lung Association$5KLotus Land Botanical Gardens: received $4K on this topicLotus Land Botanical Gardens$4KCatholic Medical Mission Board: received $2K on this topicCatholic Medical Mission Board$2KFoodbank of Santa Barbara County: received $2K on this topicFoodbank of Santa Barbara County$2KDiocesan Development Drive: received $2K on this topicDiocesan Development Drive$2KPaws St George: received $2K on this topicPaws St George$2KDirect Relief: received $2K on this topicDirect Relief$2KHelping Others Win: received $2K on this topicHelping Others Win$2KSanta Barbara Parrish: received $2K on this topicSanta Barbara Parrish$2KSanta Barbara County Immigrant Legal Def: received $2K on this topicSanta Barbara County Immigrant…$2KYouth Futures Utah: received $1K on this topicYouth Futures Utah$1KFire Aid Benefit Concert: received $1K on this topicFire Aid Benefit Concert$1KFish Reef Project Santa Barbara: received $1K on this topicFish Reef Project Santa Barbara$1KGirls Inc Santa Barbara: received $1K on this topicGirls Inc Santa Barbara$1KGlobal Empowerment Mission: received $1K on this topicGlobal Empowerment Mission$1KSt George Musical Theater: received $1K on this topicSt George Musical Theater$1KWildfire Research Center: received $1K on this topicWildfire Research Center$1K
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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 →