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Find who already funds work like yours. 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.
Foundation based inAny state AL AK AZ AR CA CO CT DE DC FL GA HI ID IL IN IA KS KY LA ME MD MA MI MN MS MO MT NE NV NH NJ NM NY NC ND OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN TX UT VT VA WA WV WI WY PR VI Gave to recipients inAny state AL AK AZ AR CA CO CT DE DC FL GA HI ID IL IN IA KS KY LA ME MD MA MI MN MS MO MT NE NV NH NJ NM NY NC ND OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN TX UT VT VA WA WV WI WY PR VI Funder typeBoth Private foundations Charities & associations Grants of at leastAny size $10k $50k $100k Active sinceAny year 2023 or later 2024 or later
12 funders with a record of paying for “cheney”
Where the money went Cheney Care Foundation → Cheney Care Community: $1.5M across 2 grants, latest 2023 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Cheney Lake Watershed Inc: $194K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Ben B Cheney Foundation Inc → University of Puget Sound: $121K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Daniel J Taylor Family Charitable Foundation → Cheney United Methodist Church: $104K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Friends of Cheney Lake Inc → Cheney State Park: $74K across 3 grants, latest 2025 The Avista Foundation → Cheney Depot Society: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Daniels Fund → Brycen Cheney: $37K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Celia & Leonard A Levand Public Library Fund → Cheney Public Library: $21K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Zumiez Foundation → Cheney Outreach Center: $17K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Joseph E Buckley Ch Trust Uw → Cheney Free Public Library: $12K across 3 grants, latest 2025 C K Blandin Foundation → Cheney Caroline: $12K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Catch the Cure Inc → Mike Cheney: $7K across 3 grants, latest 2025 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Sanitary District of Michigan City: $143K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Ben B Cheney Foundation Inc → Ben B Cheney Foundation - Scholarship Program: $93K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Daniel J Taylor Family Charitable Foundation → Cheney High School: $20K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Joseph E Buckley Ch Trust Uw → Cheney Free Public: $4K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Ben B Cheney Foundation Inc → Pacific Lutheran University: $60K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Ben B Cheney Foundation Inc → Ben B Cheney Foundation - Matching Gifts: $11K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Ben B Cheney Foundation Inc → South Sound Care Foundation: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Ben B Cheney Foundation Inc → Tacoma Rescue Mission: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Ben B Cheney Foundation Inc → Fellowship of Christian Athletes: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Ben B Cheney Foundation Inc → Charles Wright Academy: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Cheney Care Foundation: $1.5M on this topic. Open the funder. Cheney Care Foundation $1.5M National Fish and Wildlife Foundation: $336K on this topic. Open the funder. National Fish and Wildlife Fo… $336K Ben B Cheney Foundation Inc: $308K on this topic. Open the funder. Ben B Cheney Foundation Inc $308K Daniel J Taylor Family Charitable Foundation: $124K on this topic. Open the funder. Daniel J Taylor Family Charit… $124K Friends of Cheney Lake Inc: $74K on this topic. Open the funder. Friends of Cheney Lake Inc $74K The Avista Foundation: $50K on this topic. Open the funder. The Avista Foundation $50K Daniels Fund: $37K on this topic. Open the funder. Daniels Fund $37K Celia & Leonard A Levand Public Library Fund: $21K on this topic. Open the funder. Celia & Leonard A Levand Publ… $21K Zumiez Foundation: $17K on this topic. Open the funder. Zumiez Foundation $17K Joseph E Buckley Ch Trust Uw: $16K on this topic. Open the funder. Joseph E Buckley Ch Trust Uw $16K C K Blandin Foundation: $12K on this topic. Open the funder. C K Blandin Foundation $12K Catch the Cure Inc: $7K on this topic. Open the funder. Catch the Cure Inc $7K Cheney Care Community: received $1.5M on this topic Cheney Care Community $1.5M Cheney Lake Watershed Inc: received $194K on this topic Cheney Lake Watershed Inc $194K Sanitary District of Michigan City: received $143K on this topic Sanitary District of Michigan C… $143K University of Puget Sound: received $121K on this topic University of Puget Sound $121K Cheney United Methodist Church: received $104K on this topic Cheney United Methodist Church $104K Ben B Cheney Foundation - Scholarship Program: received $93K on this topic Ben B Cheney Foundation - Schol… $93K Cheney State Park: received $74K on this topic Cheney State Park $74K Pacific Lutheran University: received $60K on this topic Pacific Lutheran University $60K Cheney Depot Society: received $50K on this topic Cheney Depot Society $50K Brycen Cheney: received $37K on this topic Brycen Cheney $37K Cheney Public Library: received $21K on this topic Cheney Public Library $21K Cheney High School: received $20K on this topic Cheney High School $20K Cheney Outreach Center: received $17K on this topic Cheney Outreach Center $17K Cheney Free Public Library: received $12K on this topic Cheney Free Public Library $12K Cheney Caroline: received $12K on this topic Cheney Caroline $12K Ben B Cheney Foundation - Matching Gifts: received $11K on this topic Ben B Cheney Foundation - Match… $11K South Sound Care Foundation: received $10K on this topic South Sound Care Foundation $10K Tacoma Rescue Mission: received $10K on this topic Tacoma Rescue Mission $10K Mike Cheney: received $7K on this topic Mike Cheney $7K Cheney Free Public: received $4K on this topic Cheney Free Public $4K Fellowship of Christian Athletes: received $2K on this topic Fellowship of Christian Athletes $2K Charles Wright Academy: received $1K on this topic Charles Wright Academy $1K 12 funders, 22 recipients, grants matching “cheney” only. Ribbon width is proportional to the total given; each funder has its own colour (smaller funders in gray). Hover a name to isolate its flows, click a funder to open it. Drag to move around; zoom with the buttons, a double-click, or the wheel after clicking the map. Largest: $93,000 to BEN B CHENEY FOUNDATION - SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM — 2022 high school scholarship program.
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Largest: $53,862 to CHENEY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — program costs
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Largest: $142,609 to SANITARY DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN CITY — michigan city cheney run
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Largest: $2,900 to CHENEY CAROLINE — scholarship - college of st. scholastica inc
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Largest: $5,775 to CHENEY PUBLIC LIBRARY — support public community
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Largest: $6,754 to CHENEY OUTREACH CENTER — further charitable goals
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Largest: $4,288 to CHENEY FREE PUBLIC — unrestricted general
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Largest: $25,000 to Cheney Depot Society — cheney depot rehabilitation pledge 2 of 2
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Largest: $39,650 to Cheney State Park — truck and truck parts
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Largest: $933,000 to Cheney Care Community — to meet operating expenditures
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Largest: $25,070 to BRYCEN CHENEY — educational scholarship
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Largest: $2,400 to MIKE CHENEY — financial support for cancer patients
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