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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.

12 funders with a record of paying for “empty”

Where the money went

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The Sherwood Foundation → No More Empty Pots: $1.5M across 9 grants, latest 2025Weitz Family Foundation → No More Empty Pots: $1.0M across 4 grants, latest 2024The Andy Warhol Foundation for the → Project for Empty Space: $550K across 6 grants, latest 2024Thdf II Inc Dba → The Empty Stocking Fund: $498K across 3 grants, latest 2024United Way of the Midlands → No More Empty Pots: $350K across 3 grants, latest 2024Builders Vision Foundation → Bissell Pet Foundation: $300K across 3 grants, latest 2024Richard Brooke Foundation → No More Empty Pots: $235K across 3 grants, latest 2025The Robert E Frazier Tri-City Area → Heritage Ministries Inc: $55K across 3 grants, latest 2025United Way of Bergen County → The Empty Stocking Fund Inc: $36K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Bank of America Charitable → Feeding Empty Little Tummies Inc: $31K across 5 grants, latest 2023The Community Foundation for → United Way of St Johns County Inc: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2022The James Family Foundation Inc → Salvation Army Empty Stocking Fund: $23K across 4 grants, latest 2025United Way of the Midlands → No More Empty Pots: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2021The Community Foundation for → Barnabas Center Inc: $23K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Robert E Frazier Tri-City Area → Heritage Ministries Inc (#2): $20K across 1 grant, latest 2023United Way of Bergen County → Empty Stocking Fund: $13K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Bank of America Charitable → Elks Feeding Empty Little Tummies: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Sherwood Foundation: $1.5M on this topic. Open the funder.The Sherwood Foundation$1.5MWeitz Family Foundation: $1.0M on this topic. Open the funder.Weitz Family Foundation$1.0MThe Andy Warhol Foundation for the: $550K on this topic. Open the funder.The Andy Warhol Foundation fo…$550KThdf II Inc Dba: $498K on this topic. Open the funder.Thdf II Inc Dba$498KUnited Way of the Midlands: $380K on this topic. Open the funder.United Way of the Midlands$380KBuilders Vision Foundation: $300K on this topic. Open the funder.Builders Vision Foundation$300KRichard Brooke Foundation: $235K on this topic. Open the funder.Richard Brooke Foundation$235KThe Robert E Frazier Tri-City Area: $75K on this topic. Open the funder.The Robert E Frazier Tri-City…$75KUnited Way of Bergen County: $48K on this topic. Open the funder.United Way of Bergen County$48KThe Community Foundation for: $48K on this topic. Open the funder.The Community Foundation for$48KThe Bank of America Charitable: $32K on this topic. Open the funder.The Bank of America Charitable$32KThe James Family Foundation Inc: $23K on this topic. Open the funder.The James Family Foundation I…$23KNo More Empty Pots: received $3.1M on this topicNo More Empty Pots$3.1MProject for Empty Space: received $550K on this topicProject for Empty Space$550KThe Empty Stocking Fund: received $498K on this topicThe Empty Stocking Fund$498KBissell Pet Foundation: received $300K on this topicBissell Pet Foundation$300KHeritage Ministries Inc: received $55K on this topicHeritage Ministries Inc$55KThe Empty Stocking Fund Inc: received $36K on this topicThe Empty Stocking Fund Inc$36KFeeding Empty Little Tummies Inc: received $31K on this topicFeeding Empty Little Tummies Inc$31KNo More Empty Pots: received $30K on this topicNo More Empty Pots$30KUnited Way of St Johns County Inc: received $25K on this topicUnited Way of St Johns County I…$25KSalvation Army Empty Stocking Fund: received $23K on this topicSalvation Army Empty Stocking F…$23KBarnabas Center Inc: received $23K on this topicBarnabas Center Inc$23KHeritage Ministries Inc (#2): received $20K on this topicHeritage Ministries Inc (#2)$20KEmpty Stocking Fund: received $13K on this topicEmpty Stocking Fund$13KElks Feeding Empty Little Tummies: received $2K on this topicElks Feeding Empty Little Tummi…$2K
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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 →