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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.
Foundation based inAny state AL AK AZ AR CA CO CT DE DC FL GA HI ID IL IN IA KS KY LA ME MD MA MI MN MS MO MT NE NV NH NJ NM NY NC ND OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN TX UT VT VA WA WV WI WY PR VI Gave to recipients inAny state AL AK AZ AR CA CO CT DE DC FL GA HI ID IL IN IA KS KY LA ME MD MA MI MN MS MO MT NE NV NH NJ NM NY NC ND OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN TX UT VT VA WA WV WI WY PR VI Funder typeBoth Private foundations Charities & associations Grants of at leastAny size $10k $50k $100k Active sinceAny year 2023 or later 2024 or later
7 funders with a record of paying for “contributiion”
Where the money went The Ken and Debbie Johnson Foundation → The Shea Center: $90K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Frederick O Watson Foundation → Fidelity Charital: $87K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Cm Herndon Foundation → Families Moving Forward: $30K across 3 grants, latest 2024 William J Siegel and Sally R Siegel → The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington: $10K across 2 grants, latest 2025 Mark A & Rena R Norcross → Greater High Point Food Alliance: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Green Foundation Inc → Paws: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2024 National Machinery Foundation Inc → Dress Right Dress Inc: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Frederick O Watson Foundation → Minneapolis Foundation: $40K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Frederick O Watson Foundation → Innovia Foundation: $40K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Frederick O Watson Foundation → Food Bank of Montery Co: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Frederick O Watson Foundation → Education for Liberation Network: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Frederick O Watson Foundation → Refugee & Immigrant Association: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Frederick O Watson Foundation → Ventana Wildlife Society: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Frederick O Watson Foundation → Taller Salud: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Frederick O Watson Foundation → Soka Gakkai International - USA: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Frederick O Watson Foundation → Horace Fleming Scholarship: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Frederick O Watson Foundation → Shepherd's House Bend: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Frederick O Watson Foundation: $203K on this topic. Open the funder. Frederick O Watson Foundation $203K The Ken and Debbie Johnson Foundation: $90K on this topic. Open the funder. The Ken and Debbie Johnson Fo… $90K Cm Herndon Foundation: $30K on this topic. Open the funder. Cm Herndon Foundation $30K William J Siegel and Sally R Siegel: $10K on this topic. Open the funder. William J Siegel and Sally R… $10K Mark A & Rena R Norcross: $5K on this topic. Open the funder. Mark A & Rena R Norcross $5K Green Foundation Inc: $1K on this topic. Open the funder. Green Foundation Inc $1K National Machinery Foundation Inc: $1K on this topic. Open the funder. National Machinery Foundation… $1K The Shea Center: received $90K on this topic The Shea Center $90K Fidelity Charital: received $87K on this topic Fidelity Charital $87K Minneapolis Foundation: received $40K on this topic Minneapolis Foundation $40K Innovia Foundation: received $40K on this topic Innovia Foundation $40K Families Moving Forward: received $30K on this topic Families Moving Forward $30K The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington: received $10K on this topic The Jewish Federation of Greate… $10K Food Bank of Montery Co: received $10K on this topic Food Bank of Montery Co $10K Education for Liberation Network: received $8K on this topic Education for Liberation Network $8K Greater High Point Food Alliance: received $5K on this topic Greater High Point Food Alliance $5K Refugee & Immigrant Association: received $5K on this topic Refugee & Immigrant Association $5K Ventana Wildlife Society: received $5K on this topic Ventana Wildlife Society $5K Taller Salud: received $3K on this topic Taller Salud $3K Soka Gakkai International - USA: received $3K on this topic Soka Gakkai International - USA $3K Horace Fleming Scholarship: received $3K on this topic Horace Fleming Scholarship $3K Paws: received $1K on this topic Paws $1K Dress Right Dress Inc: received $1K on this topic Dress Right Dress Inc $1K Shepherd's House Bend: received $1K on this topic Shepherd's House Bend $1K 7 funders, 17 recipients, grants matching “contributiion” only. Ribbon width is proportional to the total given; each funder has its own colour. Hover a name to isolate its flows, click a funder to open it. Drag to move around; zoom with the buttons, a double-click, or the wheel after clicking the map. This is one keyword. PaperOrbit reads your actual paper and searches on everything in it — population, methods, outcomes — then explains why each funder fits.
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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 →
