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 “confederate”
Where the money went
Largest: $140,759 to The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation — to publish and launch the confederated tribes of the umatilla indian reservation climate adaptation plan
Largest: $2.6M to CONFEDERATION OF INDIAN INDUSTRY — agricultural development
Largest: $100,000 to CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF THE UMATILLA INDIAN RESERVATION — support operations and programs for tamstslikt cultural institute to honor, respect, represent, and educate about the cayuse, umatilla, and walla walla tribes at the confederated t…
Northwest Portland Area IndianPortland, ORCharity · may take applications
10 matching grants · $1.2M · through 2023Largest: $264,750 to CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF WARM SPRINGS — support programs
Seeding JusticePortland, ORCharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $1.9M · through 2024Largest: $500,000 to CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF THE UMATILLA INDIAN RESERVATION — project support
First Nations Development InstituteLongmont, COCharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $353,000 · through 2024Largest: $200,000 to CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF GRAND RONDE — economic development
The Nature ConservancyArlington, VACharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $805,573 · through 2024Largest: $285,336 to CONFEDERATED SALISH KOOTENAI TRIBES — conservation activities
The Oregon Community FoundationPortland, ORCharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $2.3M · through 2024Largest: $1.8M to Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde — k12 education
Inatai FoundationSeattle, WACharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $1.7M · through 2024Largest: $551,500 to CONFEDERATED LOWER CHINOOK TRIBES AND BANDS — general operating support
Largest: $2.1M to INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION — to promote equal and equitable participation of women and equity seeking groups in leadership, and in economic, social, civic and cultural life
Largest: $65,000 to CENTRAL OREGON COMMUNITY COLLEGE — regional community college cte; cte for students of the confederated tribes of warm springs; summer youth camps for rural central oregon
The Wilderness SocietyWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $188,000 · through 2023Largest: $45,000 to CONFEDERATED SALISH & KOOTENAI TRIBES OF THE FLATHEAD RESRV — conservation projects
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 →