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.
11 funders with a record of paying for “corkscrew”
Where the money went
Largest: $40,000 to NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC - CORKSCREW SWAMP SANCTUARY & BLAIR AUDUBON — for research supplies for ecological monitoring including fish traps, drone accessories for aerial monitoring wood storks in sw fl, and safety gear to support wildlife management
Community Foundation of CollierNaples, FLCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $823,359 · through 2024Largest: $453,954 to CORKSCREW SWAMP SANCTUARY — human services
Largest: $50,000 to NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC — corkscrew swamp rehabilitation
Largest: $2,500 to CORKSCREW SWAMP AUDOBON SANCTUARY — environment & animals
Largest: $2,500 to CORKSCREW SWAMP SANCTUARY — environmental support
Close Friend FoundationBonita Springs, FL
1 matching grant · $10,000 · through 2025Largest: $10,000 to CORKSCREW SWAMP SANCTUARY — support wildlife wetland
Berrien Community FoundationSt Joseph, MICharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $8,500 · through 2025Largest: $8,500 to NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY CORKSCREW SWAMP SANCTUARY — conservation efforts support
Largest: $10,000 to NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC — general operating support for corkscrew swamp sanctuary (donor fund)
Largest: $1,000 to CORKSCREW SWAMP SANCTUARY — operational support
Largest: $1,000 to NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC — for the benefit of the swfl corkscrew swamp sanctuary
Largest: $1,000 to CORKSCREW SWAMP SANCTUARY — grant to another 501 (c)(3) organization
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 →