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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.

2 funders with a record of paying for “charitablesupport”

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Arete Foundation → The Metropolitan Opera Association Inc: $3.4M across 3 grants, latest 2023William Griffith Trust Fund → Middle Presbyterian Church: $74K across 4 grants, latest 2025Arete Foundation → Asia Society: $1.3M across 3 grants, latest 2023Arete Foundation → The Public Theater: $850K across 3 grants, latest 2023Arete Foundation → Lincoln Center Theater the Vivian Beaumont Theater Inc: $400K across 3 grants, latest 2023Arete Foundation → Boys and Girls Club of America: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2021Arete Foundation: $6.0M on this topic. Open the funder.Arete Foundation$6.0MWilliam Griffith Trust Fund: $74K on this topic. Open the funder.William Griffith Trust Fund$74KThe Metropolitan Opera Association Inc: received $3.4M on this topicThe Metropolitan Opera Associat…$3.4MAsia Society: received $1.3M on this topicAsia Society$1.3MThe Public Theater: received $850K on this topicThe Public Theater$850KLincoln Center Theater the Vivian Beaumont Theater Inc: received $400K on this topicLincoln Center Theater the Vivi…$400KMiddle Presbyterian Church: received $74K on this topicMiddle Presbyterian Church$74KBoys and Girls Club of America: received $10K on this topicBoys and Girls Club of America$10K
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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 →