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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.

5 funders with a record of paying for “exemptpurpose”

Where the money went

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Naecker Family Foundation → Southern Poverty Law Center: $75K across 3 grants, latest 2024Rothkopf Family Charitable → Pinewood School: $75K across 1 grant, latest 2025Edwin and Carolyn Levy Charitable → Boca West Childrens Foundation: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Jerry B Brunson Enterprise Rotary Club → Jerry B Brunson Foundation: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2022Schwartz Charitable Foundation → Roots Rising Inc: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2024Naecker Family Foundation → World Central Kitchen: $35K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Jerry B Brunson Enterprise Rotary Club → Escc Foundation: $4K across 2 grants, latest 2023Naecker Family Foundation → Sararitan House: $30K across 2 grants, latest 2023The Jerry B Brunson Enterprise Rotary Club → Easterseals Camp Ascca: $3K across 2 grants, latest 2025Naecker Family Foundation → Second Harvest of Silicon Valley: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2024Naecker Family Foundation → The Wildlands Conservancy: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2024Naecker Family Foundation → Lifemoves: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2024Naecker Family Foundation → Samaritan House: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2024Naecker Family Foundation: $215K on this topic. Open the funder.Naecker Family Foundation$215KRothkopf Family Charitable: $75K on this topic. Open the funder.Rothkopf Family Charitable$75KThe Jerry B Brunson Enterprise Rotary Club: $12K on this topic. Open the funder.The Jerry B Brunson Enterpris…$12KEdwin and Carolyn Levy Charitable: $5K on this topic. Open the funder.Edwin and Carolyn Levy Charit…$5KSchwartz Charitable Foundation: $2K on this topic. Open the funder.Schwartz Charitable Foundation$2KSouthern Poverty Law Center: received $75K on this topicSouthern Poverty Law Center$75KPinewood School: received $75K on this topicPinewood School$75KWorld Central Kitchen: received $35K on this topicWorld Central Kitchen$35KSararitan House: received $30K on this topicSararitan House$30KSecond Harvest of Silicon Valley: received $20K on this topicSecond Harvest of Silicon Valley$20KThe Wildlands Conservancy: received $20K on this topicThe Wildlands Conservancy$20KLifemoves: received $20K on this topicLifemoves$20KSamaritan House: received $15K on this topicSamaritan House$15KBoca West Childrens Foundation: received $5K on this topicBoca West Childrens Foundation$5KJerry B Brunson Foundation: received $5K on this topicJerry B Brunson Foundation$5KEscc Foundation: received $4K on this topicEscc Foundation$4KEasterseals Camp Ascca: received $3K on this topicEasterseals Camp Ascca$3KRoots Rising Inc: received $2K on this topicRoots Rising Inc$2K
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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 →