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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 “contributuion”

Where the money went

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Ken Hubbard Fund → Urban Land Institute Foundation: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023Vision Celestial Inc → Grupo Agape LLC: $7K across 1 grant, latest 2023Wadsworth Family Foundation → My Sister's Place: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Vermillion Family Foundation in → General Board of Global Ministries: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2022Ken Hubbard Fund: $10K on this topic. Open the funder.Ken Hubbard Fund$10KVision Celestial Inc: $7K on this topic. Open the funder.Vision Celestial Inc$7KWadsworth Family Foundation: $5K on this topic. Open the funder.Wadsworth Family Foundation$5KThe Vermillion Family Foundation in: $3K on this topic. Open the funder.The Vermillion Family Foundat…$3KUrban Land Institute Foundation: received $10K on this topicUrban Land Institute Foundation$10KGrupo Agape LLC: received $7K on this topicGrupo Agape LLC$7KMy Sister's Place: received $5K on this topicMy Sister's Place$5KGeneral Board of Global Ministries: received $3K on this topicGeneral Board of Global Ministr…$3K
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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 →