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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 “exclusively”
Where the money went
Largest: $14,000 to SHRINER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN — exclusively charitable
Isrb FundFairfield, NJ
68 matching grants · $1.7M · through 2025Largest: $280,500 to Giving What we Can — exclusively charitable, religious, educational, literary and scientific purposes
Lbrb FundFairfield, NJ
48 matching grants · $1.7M · through 2025Largest: $500,000 to Int'l Rescue Committee — exclusively charitable, religious, educational, literary and scientific purposes
Largest: $15,000 to JACK STILLINGTON- DR CLAIRE TREMAIN — the purpose of the dr. claire tremaine & george mentas scholarship is to provide financial assistance to high school students who demonstrate merit, potential and financial need an…
Largest: $100,000 to THE CLIBURN FOUNDATION — to further their exclusively charitable purposes
Largest: $148,482 to The Morgan Library Museum — exclusively charitable, religious, educational, literary and scientific purposes
Largest: $35,000 to The Newberry Library — exclusively charitable, religious, educational, literary and scientific purposes
Largest: $75,000 to CONGREGATION BETH ISRAEL — the purpose of the contribution is to provide support to organizations organized and operated exclusively for charitable, educational, religious or scientific purposes that qualify…
Largest: $43,222 to Maa Madhuri Brij Varis Sewa Sadan A — purpose of all gifts are exclusively religious, charitable, scientific, literary and educational
Largest: $50,000 to JUSTICE INNOVATION INC — exclusively for newark community solutions legal accelerator grantee
Largest: $1.0M to International Rescue Committee — exclusively charitable, religious, educational, literary and scientific purposes
Bowman FoundationOverland Park, KS
5 matching grants · $514,754 · through 2025Largest: $180,201 to UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA FOUNDATION — exclusively for use in medical research
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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 →