Funding search
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.
7 funders with a record of paying for “commnuity”
Where the money went
Keeney FoundationSouth Windsor, CT
6 matching grants · $6,000 · through 2024Largest: $1,000 to TOWN OF SOMERS EMERGENCY FUND — commnuity service
Northern Chautauqua CommunityDunkirk, NYCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $77,500 · through 2023Largest: $38,750 to CHAUTAUQUA REGION COMMUNITY FDTN — commnuity benefit
Julie and Mark PulteBloomfield Hills, MI
2 matching grants · $27,175 · through 2024Largest: $25,925 to MOTHERS AND UNBORN BABY — commnuity outreach
Largest: $12,000 to COMMNUITY FOUNDATION OF COLLIER COUNTY — care/services for seniors
Largest: $176,923 to SCHREINER UNIVERSITY — funding for nursing program, hill country college fund, and commnuity support
Largest: $18,000 to RESPECTABILITY — grant is to support efforts to reduce stigmas and advance opportuinities so people with disabilities can fully participate in all aspects of commnuity.
Largest: $2,500 to CELINA-MERCER COUNTY COMBINED SERVICES APPEAL INC — donation to support commnuity members with health or economic challenges
This is one keyword. PaperOrbit reads your actual paper and searches on everything in it — population, methods, outcomes — then explains why each funder fits.
Start with one paperSearch by location
Local foundations often favor nearby communities. Enter a ZIP code to see foundations based near you, and where grant money has actually landed in your area.
Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. 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 →

