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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.
7 funders with a record of paying for “charirable”
Where the money went
Largest: $15,000 to Global Health Ministries — charirable giving
Greenlight FoundationSanta Barbara, CA
2 matching grants · $386,305 · through 2025Largest: $215,479 to Vanguard Charitable — to futher the charirable purposes
Largest: $10,000 to RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARIR — program/project support
Largest: $5,000 to CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION — charirable contribution unrestricted
The Shoff FoundationLawrenceville, GA
2 matching grants · $15,000 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to SEGS4VETS — charirable contribution to publicly supported 501(c)(3) organizationcharitable contribution to publicly supported 501(c)(3) organization
Largest: $5,000 to EAGLE MOUNT-BIG SKY KIDS — assistance for public charirities
North Texas Christian FoundationDallas, TXCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $6,000 · through 2022Largest: $6,000 to National Christian Charitiable Foundation Inc — to fund a donor-advised fund that is managed by national christian charirable foundation inc.
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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 →