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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 “coninuing”

Where the money went

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The Peterffy Foundation Inc → Regenerative Earth: $104K across 4 grants, latest 2025The Nord Family Foundation → Women's Rights and Empowerment Network: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2022Mechia Foundation → Lbj Foundation: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Drogen Foundation → Kunzang Gatshal Foundation: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Peterffy Foundation Inc: $104K on this topic. Open the funder.The Peterffy Foundation Inc$104KThe Nord Family Foundation: $25K on this topic. Open the funder.The Nord Family Foundation$25KMechia Foundation: $8K on this topic. Open the funder.Mechia Foundation$8KThe Drogen Foundation: $1K on this topic. Open the funder.The Drogen Foundation$1KRegenerative Earth: received $104K on this topicRegenerative Earth$104KWomen's Rights and Empowerment Network: received $25K on this topicWomen's Rights and Empowerment…$25KLbj Foundation: received $8K on this topicLbj Foundation$8KKunzang Gatshal Foundation: received $1K on this topicKunzang Gatshal Foundation$1K
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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 →