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.
12 funders with a record of paying for “conception”
Where the money went
Largest: $1.1M to California Institute of Technology — in support of the development of a potential breakthrough solution to the issue of high energy costs as both a barrier to sustainable economic development and a driver of ecosystem…
Largest: $500,000 to FRANKLIN & MARSHALL COLLEGE — to support a call for concepts research project
NextcorpsRochester, NYCharity · may take applications
31 matching grants · $775,000 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to PRODUCT COWBOY LLC — assist start-up with funding after proof-of-concept stage has been achieved in order to reach commercial success in recognized innovation zones
Largest: $55,000 to IMMACULATE CONCEPTION SCHOOL — tuition assistance
Largest: $25,000 to Luis Valdez — the bret adams & paul reisch foundation supports expansive artworks with inherently theatrical ways of illuminating big ideas and concepts.
Largest: $100,000 to YOUNG MEN & WOMENS HEBREW ASSN & IRENE KAUFMANN CENTERS — to support the young men & women's hebrew assn. & irene kauffmann centers center for loving kindness platform that strengthens the fabric of community and redefines the concept of …
The US Charitable Gift TrustBoston, MACharity · may take applications
15 matching grants · $272,396 · through 2024Largest: $55,225 to Immaculate Conception Church — for recipient's exempt purpose
The John G and Marie Stella KenedyCorpus Christi, TXCharity · may take applications
14 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2024Largest: $118,000 to Immaculate Conception School - Rio Grande City — repairs and operations
Largest: $49,838 to MILKEN INST SCH OF PUB HLT AT GEORGE WAS — 76670 building on the rwjf-funded study on the importance of the concept of social mission to nursing education programs
The Catholic Foundation for theCedar Rapids, IACharity · may take applications
11 matching grants · $223,682 · through 2024Largest: $25,638 to Immaculate Conception Church — to provide funds solely to support the educational programs of immaculate conception church, gilbertville, ia
Liberty Hill FoundationLos Angeles, CACharity · may take applications
14 matching grants · $284,476 · through 2023Largest: $133,876 to STRATEGIC CONCEPTS IN ORG — multiple grants: to support ongoing advocacy and organizing to phase out oil drilling and relevant amortization processes as part of the stand la coalition; to support the canvassi…
Catholic Schools FoundationBoston, MACharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $1.4M · through 2024Largest: $398,630 to IMMACULATE CONCEPTION SCHOOL REVERE — scholarship support
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 →