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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.

4 funders with a record of paying for “expemt”

Where the money went

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Holloway Family Foundation → Fire: $8K across 3 grants, latest 2024Campell Family Foundation → Lansing Symphony Orchestra: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Horowitz Family Foundation → Casa Valentina: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2023Jim & Susan Neuberger Foundation → Catholic Charities: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Horowitz Family Foundation → Mangrove Action Project: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2022Holloway Family Foundation: $8K on this topic. Open the funder.Holloway Family Foundation$8KThe Horowitz Family Foundation: $2K on this topic. Open the funder.The Horowitz Family Foundation$2KCampell Family Foundation: $2K on this topic. Open the funder.Campell Family Foundation$2KJim & Susan Neuberger Foundation: $1K on this topic. Open the funder.Jim & Susan Neuberger Foundat…$1KFire: received $8K on this topicFire$8KLansing Symphony Orchestra: received $2K on this topicLansing Symphony Orchestra$2KCasa Valentina: received $1K on this topicCasa Valentina$1KCatholic Charities: received $1K on this topicCatholic Charities$1KMangrove Action Project: received $1K on this topicMangrove Action Project$1K
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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 →