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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 “chistmas”

Where the money went

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The Wks Foundation → Carla Goodman: $10K across 2 grants, latest 2023Saginaw Society for Crippled → First Choice of Saginaw: $4K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Wks Foundation → Chase Jackie Oppenlander: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Wks Foundation → Diana Johnson: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Wks Foundation → Eileen Anciaux: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Wks Foundation → Linda Jones: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Wks Foundation → Paula Kinzie: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Wks Foundation → Phillip Shumway: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Wks Foundation → Diane Feinour: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Wks Foundation → Lyle Pedersen: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Wks Foundation: $47K on this topic. Open the funder.The Wks Foundation$47KSaginaw Society for Crippled: $4K on this topic. Open the funder.Saginaw Society for Crippled$4KCarla Goodman: received $10K on this topicCarla Goodman$10KChase Jackie Oppenlander: received $5K on this topicChase Jackie Oppenlander$5KDiana Johnson: received $5K on this topicDiana Johnson$5KEileen Anciaux: received $5K on this topicEileen Anciaux$5KLinda Jones: received $5K on this topicLinda Jones$5KPaula Kinzie: received $5K on this topicPaula Kinzie$5KPhillip Shumway: received $5K on this topicPhillip Shumway$5KDiane Feinour: received $5K on this topicDiane Feinour$5KFirst Choice of Saginaw: received $4K on this topicFirst Choice of Saginaw$4KLyle Pedersen: received $2K on this topicLyle Pedersen$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 →