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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 “exisitng”

Where the money went

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Cpps Heritage Mission Fund → Shelter From the Storm Ministries Inc: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2024Enright Family Foundation → His Touch Ministries: $11K across 2 grants, latest 2025Cpps Heritage Mission Fund → Ecumenical Shelter Network of Lake County Inc: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2023Cpps Heritage Mission Fund → School Sisters of St Francis: $17K across 2 grants, latest 2024Cpps Heritage Mission Fund: $67K on this topic. Open the funder.Cpps Heritage Mission Fund$67KEnright Family Foundation: $11K on this topic. Open the funder.Enright Family Foundation$11KShelter From the Storm Ministries Inc: received $30K on this topicShelter From the Storm Ministri…$30KEcumenical Shelter Network of Lake County Inc: received $20K on this topicEcumenical Shelter Network of L…$20KSchool Sisters of St Francis: received $17K on this topicSchool Sisters of St Francis$17KHis Touch Ministries: received $11K on this topicHis Touch Ministries$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 →