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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.

4 funders with a record of paying for “communicaitons”

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Representus Education Fund → Representus: $511K across 1 grant, latest 2023Sonance Foundation → Crossing Boundaries Inc: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2022California Communications Access → Painted Brain: $94K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Mark Wahlberg Youth Foundation Inc → Chicago Community Foundation: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024California Communications Access → San Diego Lgbt Pride: $90K across 1 grant, latest 2022California Communications Access → Noah Homes Inc: $75K across 1 grant, latest 2022California Communications Access → California State University East Bay Foundation Inc: $60K across 1 grant, latest 2022California Communications Access → The Campanile Foundation: $45K across 1 grant, latest 2023California Communications Access → Bright Funds Foundation: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2023California Communications Access → Shelley Bergum Higher Education Fund at the East Bay Community Foundation: $16K across 1 grant, latest 2022California Communications Access → Bright Funds Foundation: $16K across 1 grant, latest 2022California Communications Access → The Campanile Foundation: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2022California Communications Access → Peerbots: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2022Representus Education Fund: $511K on this topic. Open the funder.Representus Education Fund$511KCalifornia Communications Access: $446K on this topic. Open the funder.California Communications Acc…$446KSonance Foundation: $100K on this topic. Open the funder.Sonance Foundation$100KThe Mark Wahlberg Youth Foundation Inc: $10K on this topic. Open the funder.The Mark Wahlberg Youth Found…$10KRepresentus: received $511K on this topicRepresentus$511KCrossing Boundaries Inc: received $100K on this topicCrossing Boundaries Inc$100KPainted Brain: received $94K on this topicPainted Brain$94KSan Diego Lgbt Pride: received $90K on this topicSan Diego Lgbt Pride$90KNoah Homes Inc: received $75K on this topicNoah Homes Inc$75KCalifornia State University East Bay Foundation Inc: received $60K on this topicCalifornia State University Eas…$60KThe Campanile Foundation: received $45K on this topicThe Campanile Foundation$45KBright Funds Foundation: received $20K on this topicBright Funds Foundation$20KShelley Bergum Higher Education Fund at the East Bay Community Foundation: received $16K on this topicShelley Bergum Higher Education…$16KBright Funds Foundation: received $16K on this topicBright Funds Foundation$16KThe Campanile Foundation: received $15K on this topicThe Campanile Foundation$15KPeerbots: received $15K on this topicPeerbots$15KChicago Community Foundation: received $10K on this topicChicago Community Foundation$10K
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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 →