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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.
6 funders with a record of paying for “emergeny”
Where the money went
Largest: $2,500 to DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS — for emergeny medical aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural and man-made disasters and exclusion from health care
Largest: $75,855 to CAPSEA — stop gap emergeny funding
Largest: $100,000 to PACIFIC UNIVERSITY — maui student emergeny fund
Savannah North Community FoundationThe Woodlands, TXCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $57,114 · through 2023Largest: $30,327 to BRAZORIA COUNTY EMERGENY SERVICES DISTRICT NO 3 — emergency equipment
Youth Emergency Services FoundationGillette, WYCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $142,963 · through 2022Largest: $142,963 to YOUTH EMERGENY SERVICES INC — progam support
United Way of Santa Cruz CountyCapitola, CACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $6,500 · through 2021Largest: $6,500 to YMCA OF SAN BENITO COUNTY — emergeny alloc for migrant child
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. 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 →