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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.

1 funder with a record of paying for “dentistrry”

Where the money went

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Delta Dental Fund → Dental Lifeline Network - North Carolina: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2023Delta Dental Fund → Detroit Goodfellows: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2023Delta Dental Fund → Detroit Central City Comm Mental Health: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022Delta Dental Fund → National Network for Oral Health Access: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022Delta Dental Fund → Regents of Univ of Michigan: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022Delta Dental Fund: $70K on this topic. Open the funder.Delta Dental Fund$70KDental Lifeline Network - North Carolina: received $20K on this topicDental Lifeline Network - North…$20KDetroit Goodfellows: received $20K on this topicDetroit Goodfellows$20KDetroit Central City Comm Mental Health: received $10K on this topicDetroit Central City Comm Menta…$10KNational Network for Oral Health Access: received $10K on this topicNational Network for Oral Healt…$10KRegents of Univ of Michigan: received $10K on this topicRegents of Univ of Michigan$10K
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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 →