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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 “charitablle”

Where the money went

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Charles Scott Riley III Foundation → Ladd Inc: $6K across 3 grants, latest 2024Stella M Buerger Charitable Trust → Pregnancy Center West: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2024Acts 4 32-34 → Survivors: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2023Charles Scott Riley III Foundation → Kentucky Symphony Orchestra: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2025Charles Scott Riley III Foundation: $7K on this topic. Open the funder.Charles Scott Riley III Found…$7KStella M Buerger Charitable Trust: $3K on this topic. Open the funder.Stella M Buerger Charitable T…$3KActs 4 32-34: $1K on this topic. Open the funder.Acts 4 32-34$1KLadd Inc: received $6K on this topicLadd Inc$6KPregnancy Center West: received $3K on this topicPregnancy Center West$3KSurvivors: received $1K on this topicSurvivors$1KKentucky Symphony Orchestra: received $1K on this topicKentucky Symphony Orchestra$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 →