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.
12 funders with a record of paying for “defined”
Where the money went
Community Health AdvocatesAlexandria, VACharity · may take applications
17 matching grants · $6.3M · through 2024Largest: $1.2M to Intercare Community Health Network — to support the furtherance of their charitable purpose activities as defined in the irs 501 regulations.
Largest: $100,000 to KESTREL LAND TRUST — these funds are restricted and must be expended for charitable, scientific, literary, or educational purposes as defined under internal revenue code section 501(c)(3), and more spe…
Largest: $322,498 to UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM — defining the efficacy and mechanisms of peptide immunotherapy for type 1 diabetes: an experimental medicine study
Largest: $400,000 to DEFINE AM — 79063 general operating support for define american
Largest: $1.0M to UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON — data and tools to define the biogeography of marine phytoplankton
Creighton University - Boys TownOmaha, NECharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $10.6M · through 2024Largest: $3.3M to CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY — fund biomedical research as defined and permitted from legislation
Largest: $35,000 to ARTSPACE PROJECTS INC — core support for research on comparable models, define opportunities and challenges of strategies proposed, and incorporate artspace expertise and experience to fully define the af…
Ventura County Community FoundationCamarillo, CACharity · may take applications
12 matching grants · $593,593 · through 2023Largest: $155,952 to MUSEUM OF VENTURA COUNTY — to support the charitable or educational purposes of vcmha as defined in their articles of incorporation
Largest: $34,767 to VOLCKER ALLIANCE INC — to host a criminal justice convening in the fall of 2019 that defines the criminal justice policy and research agenda over the next year.
Largest: $150,000 to CEDARS SINAI ADVANCEMENT — to pioner medical research achievements, education programs defining the future of healthcare, and wide-ranging community benefit activities, were setting new standards for quality…
Largest: $255,000 to COMMUNITY ASSET DEVELOPMENT RE-DEFINING EDUCATION — general operating support: to support an organization seeking to promote healthy learning environments and improve school climate by strengthening the capacity of parent leaders in…
John Templeton FoundationWest Conshohocken, PA
6 matching grants · $3.6M · through 2024Largest: $1.0M to CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CORPORATION — one brain, many genomes: how the genomic individuality of cells defines human individuality
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 →