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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.

2 funders with a record of paying for “erra”

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Seattle Foundation → Byrd Barr Place: $202K across 2 grants, latest 2022Byrd Barr Place → Marjorie Restaurant: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2024Seattle Foundation → Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2024Byrd Barr Place → Mynt Salon & Barbershop: $75K across 1 grant, latest 2024Byrd Barr Place → Seattle Chinatown International District Preservation & Development Auth: $11K across 1 grant, latest 2024Seattle Foundation: $402K on this topic. Open the funder.Seattle Foundation$402KByrd Barr Place: $236K on this topic. Open the funder.Byrd Barr Place$236KByrd Barr Place: received $202K on this topicByrd Barr Place$202KUrban League of Metropolitan Seattle: received $200K on this topicUrban League of Metropolitan Se…$200KMarjorie Restaurant: received $150K on this topicMarjorie Restaurant$150KMynt Salon & Barbershop: received $75K on this topicMynt Salon & Barbershop$75KSeattle Chinatown International District Preservation & Development Auth: received $11K on this topicSeattle Chinatown International…$11K
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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 →