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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 “donationfoundation”

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The William and Mildred Kaplan → Montreal Neurological Institute: $54K across 1 grant, latest 2021The William and Mildred Kaplan → Roca: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2023The William and Mildred Kaplan → Naacp Legal Defense: $10K across 2 grants, latest 2022The William and Mildred Kaplan → Pancreatic Cancer Action Network: $9K across 3 grants, latest 2023The William and Mildred Kaplan → National Fragile X Foundation: $7K across 3 grants, latest 2024The William and Mildred Kaplan → Next One Up: $5K across 2 grants, latest 2023The William and Mildred Kaplan → St Luke's Youth Center: $4K across 1 grant, latest 2023The William and Mildred Kaplan → Chicago Youth Center: $4K across 1 grant, latest 2023The William and Mildred Kaplan → Be A Hero Education Fund: $4K across 1 grant, latest 2023The William and Mildred Kaplan → Connection for Abused Women and Children: $3K across 2 grants, latest 2023The William and Mildred Kaplan → Itineris Foundation: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2022The William and Mildred Kaplan: $120K on this topic. Open the funder.The William and Mildred Kaplan$120KMontreal Neurological Institute: received $54K on this topicMontreal Neurological Institute$54KRoca: received $20K on this topicRoca$20KNaacp Legal Defense: received $10K on this topicNaacp Legal Defense$10KPancreatic Cancer Action Network: received $9K on this topicPancreatic Cancer Action Network$9KNational Fragile X Foundation: received $7K on this topicNational Fragile X Foundation$7KNext One Up: received $5K on this topicNext One Up$5KSt Luke's Youth Center: received $4K on this topicSt Luke's Youth Center$4KChicago Youth Center: received $4K on this topicChicago Youth Center$4KBe A Hero Education Fund: received $4K on this topicBe A Hero Education Fund$4KConnection for Abused Women and Children: received $3K on this topicConnection for Abused Women and…$3KItineris Foundation: received $2K on this topicItineris Foundation$2K
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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 →