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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 “explanatory”
Where the money went
Largest: $1,000 to THE TEXAS TRIBUNE — to support promotion of civic engagement through original, explanatory journalism and public events in austin, tx
Largest: $7,500 to TEXAS TRIBUNE — promote civic engagement through original, explanatory journalism and public events.
Largest: $95,400 to FORM 990-PF LINE 1 DONATIONS — explanatory stmt
Largest: $4,272 to EVELIEN DEELEN — deelen, evelien (washington state u.) "veterinary medicine in anthropological perspective: ethnomedicine, explanatory models, and equine illness."
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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 →