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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.

3 funders with a record of paying for “contributuon”

Where the money went

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Sol Taplin Charitable Foundation → Michael-Ann Russell Jcc: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2024Ken Hubbard Fund → Anderson Ranch Arts Center: $7K across 2 grants, latest 2024Suna Family Foundation → Ossining Open Door Medical Center: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2022Sol Taplin Charitable Foundation: $50K on this topic. Open the funder.Sol Taplin Charitable Foundat…$50KKen Hubbard Fund: $7K on this topic. Open the funder.Ken Hubbard Fund$7KSuna Family Foundation: $5K on this topic. Open the funder.Suna Family Foundation$5KMichael-Ann Russell Jcc: received $50K on this topicMichael-Ann Russell Jcc$50KAnderson Ranch Arts Center: received $7K on this topicAnderson Ranch Arts Center$7KOssining Open Door Medical Center: received $5K on this topicOssining Open Door Medical Cent…$5K
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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 →