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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 “educationck”

Where the money went

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Wyss Foundation → Reed College-Office of College Relations: $35K across 1 grant, latest 2022Wyss Foundation → Lewis and Clark College Advancement Services Msc 88: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2022Wyss Foundation → Friends of Ely Librarythe Cloisters: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2021Wyss Foundation → Wellesley College: $11K across 2 grants, latest 2022Wyss Foundation → International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022Wyss Foundation → Portland Audubon: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022Wyss Foundation → Hirondelle USA Co Peter Mckillop: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2022Wyss Foundation: $121K on this topic. Open the funder.Wyss Foundation$121KReed College-Office of College Relations: received $35K on this topicReed College-Office of College…$35KLewis and Clark College Advancement Services Msc 88: received $30K on this topicLewis and Clark College Advance…$30KFriends of Ely Librarythe Cloisters: received $20K on this topicFriends of Ely Librarythe Clois…$20KWellesley College: received $11K on this topicWellesley College$11KInternational Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War: received $10K on this topicInternational Physicians for th…$10KPortland Audubon: received $10K on this topicPortland Audubon$10KHirondelle USA Co Peter Mckillop: received $5K on this topicHirondelle USA Co Peter Mckillop$5K
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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 →