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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 “chel”

Where the money went

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The Gildea Foundation Inc → Organic Consumers Association: $35K across 2 grants, latest 2025Hormel Foods Corporation Charitable → With Ella Inc Co Chel Page: $5K across 2 grants, latest 2025American Savings Foundation Inc → University of Connecticut Itf Chels: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Gildea Foundation Inc: $35K on this topic. Open the funder.The Gildea Foundation Inc$35KHormel Foods Corporation Charitable: $5K on this topic. Open the funder.Hormel Foods Corporation Char…$5KAmerican Savings Foundation Inc: $2K on this topic. Open the funder.American Savings Foundation I…$2KOrganic Consumers Association: received $35K on this topicOrganic Consumers Association$35KWith Ella Inc Co Chel Page: received $5K on this topicWith Ella Inc Co Chel Page$5KUniversity of Connecticut Itf Chels: received $2K on this topicUniversity of Connecticut Itf C…$2K
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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 →