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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.

3 funders with a record of paying for “eligibile”

Where the money went

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Vineyard Power Development Fund Inc → Cape Light Compact Jpe: $154K across 1 grant, latest 2024Community Action Organization → Forest Grove Foundation: $111K across 1 grant, latest 2021Pennsylvania Conference of Teamsters → Teamsters Scholarship Fund: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022Community Action Organization → Homeplate Youth Services: $93K across 1 grant, latest 2021Community Action Organization → Irco: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2021Community Action Organization: $210K on this topic. Open the funder.Community Action Organization$210KVineyard Power Development Fund Inc: $154K on this topic. Open the funder.Vineyard Power Development Fu…$154KPennsylvania Conference of Teamsters: $10K on this topic. Open the funder.Pennsylvania Conference of Te…$10KCape Light Compact Jpe: received $154K on this topicCape Light Compact Jpe$154KForest Grove Foundation: received $111K on this topicForest Grove Foundation$111KHomeplate Youth Services: received $93K on this topicHomeplate Youth Services$93KTeamsters Scholarship Fund: received $10K on this topicTeamsters Scholarship Fund$10KIrco: received $6K on this topicIrco$6K
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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 →