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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.

11 funders with a record of paying for “donationcharitable”

Where the money went

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Lofberg Family Foundation → Children's Advocacy Center: $92K across 3 grants, latest 2024Thank Heaven Foundation → Mastermedia International: $30K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Menaged Foundation → San Francisco Jazz: $29K across 5 grants, latest 2025Teller Family Foundation → Givebutter Friends: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023Firstperson Narratives → Center for Belonging Folk School: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2025Fred J Maloof Foundation → Cs Mott Childrens Hospital: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2025Splawn Family Foundation → Southern Wesleyan University: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2024Creative Providers Foundation → Alliance Defending Freedom: $4K across 1 grant, latest 2025Valla Family Foundation → Animal Humane Society Humane Investigations Team: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2025The Neel Foundation → Aauw (Gem Fund)(Steam): $2K across 1 grant, latest 2024Pashaie Family Foundation → Chabad of Persian Youth: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2024Firstperson Narratives → Old Town School of Folk Music: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2025The Menaged Foundation → The Battery Foundation: $4K across 1 grant, latest 2021Fred J Maloof Foundation → Grosse Pointe Crisis Center: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2025Splawn Family Foundation → Foundry Dental Care Center: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2022Teller Family Foundation → Hoops for Hope: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2023Fred J Maloof Foundation → U of M Research Fund: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2025The Menaged Foundation → San Francisco Spca: $3K across 2 grants, latest 2022The Menaged Foundation → The Saisei Foundation-Endaoment: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2021The Menaged Foundation → The Saisei Foundation: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2022Lofberg Family Foundation: $92K on this topic. Open the funder.Lofberg Family Foundation$92KThe Menaged Foundation: $37K on this topic. Open the funder.The Menaged Foundation$37KThank Heaven Foundation: $30K on this topic. Open the funder.Thank Heaven Foundation$30KFred J Maloof Foundation: $11K on this topic. Open the funder.Fred J Maloof Foundation$11KFirstperson Narratives: $10K on this topic. Open the funder.Firstperson Narratives$10KSplawn Family Foundation: $7K on this topic. Open the funder.Splawn Family Foundation$7KTeller Family Foundation: $6K on this topic. Open the funder.Teller Family Foundation$6KCreative Providers Foundation: $4K on this topic. Open the funder.Creative Providers Foundation$4KValla Family Foundation: $2K on this topic. Open the funder.Valla Family Foundation$2KThe Neel Foundation: $2K on this topic. Open the funder.The Neel Foundation$2KPashaie Family Foundation: $1K on this topic. Open the funder.Pashaie Family Foundation$1KChildren's Advocacy Center: received $92K on this topicChildren's Advocacy Center$92KMastermedia International: received $30K on this topicMastermedia International$30KSan Francisco Jazz: received $29K on this topicSan Francisco Jazz$29KGivebutter Friends: received $5K on this topicGivebutter Friends$5KCenter for Belonging Folk School: received $5K on this topicCenter for Belonging Folk School$5KCs Mott Childrens Hospital: received $5K on this topicCs Mott Childrens Hospital$5KSouthern Wesleyan University: received $5K on this topicSouthern Wesleyan University$5KOld Town School of Folk Music: received $5K on this topicOld Town School of Folk Music$5KAlliance Defending Freedom: received $4K on this topicAlliance Defending Freedom$4KThe Battery Foundation: received $4K on this topicThe Battery Foundation$4KGrosse Pointe Crisis Center: received $3K on this topicGrosse Pointe Crisis Center$3KU of M Research Fund: received $3K on this topicU of M Research Fund$3KSan Francisco Spca: received $3K on this topicSan Francisco Spca$3KAnimal Humane Society Humane Investigations Team: received $2K on this topicAnimal Humane Society Humane In…$2KFoundry Dental Care Center: received $2K on this topicFoundry Dental Care Center$2KAauw (Gem Fund)(Steam): received $2K on this topicAauw (Gem Fund)(Steam)$2KChabad of Persian Youth: received $1K on this topicChabad of Persian Youth$1KHoops for Hope: received $1K on this topicHoops for Hope$1KThe Saisei Foundation-Endaoment: received $1K on this topicThe Saisei Foundation-Endaoment$1KThe Saisei Foundation: received $1K on this topicThe Saisei Foundation$1K
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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 →