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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 “duym”

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Becton Family Foundation → George Stevens Academy: $13K across 3 grants, latest 2025Becton Family Foundation → Ksea (Kollegewidgwok Sailing Educat: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2022Becton Family Foundation → Ksea (Kollegewidgwok Sailing Education Association): $1K across 1 grant, latest 2025Becton Family Foundation: $15K on this topic. Open the funder.Becton Family Foundation$15KGeorge Stevens Academy: received $13K on this topicGeorge Stevens Academy$13KKsea (Kollegewidgwok Sailing Educat: received $1K on this topicKsea (Kollegewidgwok Sailing Ed…$1KKsea (Kollegewidgwok Sailing Education Association): received $1K on this topicKsea (Kollegewidgwok Sailing Ed…$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 →