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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.

7 funders with a record of paying for “donaton”

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Mary Elizabeth & William Mccann → Diocese of La Crosse Wi: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2023Hawaii Food Industry Association → Hawaii Community Foundation: $58K across 1 grant, latest 2023Louis L Borick Foundation → Horsepower Inc: $45K across 4 grants, latest 2025Beach Family Foundation Inc → Midwest Battle Buddies: $40K across 2 grants, latest 2023Robert E Mathews Family Foundation → Greater Cleveland Food Bank: $4K across 2 grants, latest 2023The Drumcliff Foundation → Preservation Alliance Philadelphia: $4K across 1 grant, latest 2024Bruce and Leslie Lane Foundation Inc → American Friends of the Hebrew University: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2024Robert E Mathews Family Foundation → Honor the Earth: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2023Mary Elizabeth & William Mccann: $100K on this topic. Open the funder.Mary Elizabeth & William Mcca…$100KHawaii Food Industry Association: $58K on this topic. Open the funder.Hawaii Food Industry Associat…$58KLouis L Borick Foundation: $45K on this topic. Open the funder.Louis L Borick Foundation$45KBeach Family Foundation Inc: $40K on this topic. Open the funder.Beach Family Foundation Inc$40KRobert E Mathews Family Foundation: $5K on this topic. Open the funder.Robert E Mathews Family Found…$5KThe Drumcliff Foundation: $4K on this topic. Open the funder.The Drumcliff Foundation$4KBruce and Leslie Lane Foundation Inc: $3K on this topic. Open the funder.Bruce and Leslie Lane Foundat…$3KDiocese of La Crosse Wi: received $100K on this topicDiocese of La Crosse Wi$100KHawaii Community Foundation: received $58K on this topicHawaii Community Foundation$58KHorsepower Inc: received $45K on this topicHorsepower Inc$45KMidwest Battle Buddies: received $40K on this topicMidwest Battle Buddies$40KGreater Cleveland Food Bank: received $4K on this topicGreater Cleveland Food Bank$4KPreservation Alliance Philadelphia: received $4K on this topicPreservation Alliance Philadelp…$4KAmerican Friends of the Hebrew University: received $3K on this topicAmerican Friends of the Hebrew…$3KHonor the Earth: received $1K on this topicHonor the Earth$1K
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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 →