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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.

1 funder with a record of paying for “dafcharitable”

Where the money went

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Harvey & Phyllis Sandler Foundation Inc → Ross Charitable Foundation: $1.7M across 1 grant, latest 2025Harvey & Phyllis Sandler Foundation Inc → Rubin Family Charitable Foundation: $1.7M across 1 grant, latest 2025Harvey & Phyllis Sandler Foundation Inc → Schnurmacher Family Charitable Foun: $1.7M across 1 grant, latest 2025Harvey & Phyllis Sandler Foundation Inc: $5.1M on this topic. Open the funder.Harvey & Phyllis Sandler Foun…$5.1MRoss Charitable Foundation: received $1.7M on this topicRoss Charitable Foundation$1.7MRubin Family Charitable Foundation: received $1.7M on this topicRubin Family Charitable Foundat…$1.7MSchnurmacher Family Charitable Foun: received $1.7M on this topicSchnurmacher Family Charitable…$1.7M
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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 →