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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.

1 funder with a record of paying for “externsh”

Where the money went

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American Academy of Family Physicians Fdn → Family Health Foundation of Illinois: $16K across 2 grants, latest 2023American Academy of Family Physicians Fdn → Family Health Foundation of Missouri 8516341: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024American Academy of Family Physicians Fdn → Family Health Foundation of Illinois 9118965: $9K across 1 grant, latest 2024American Academy of Family Physicians Fdn → Oregon Afp: $7K across 1 grant, latest 2022American Academy of Family Physicians Fdn → Ohio Afp Foundation: $7K across 1 grant, latest 2024American Academy of Family Physicians Fdn → Ohio Academy of Family Physicians Foundation: $7K across 1 grant, latest 2023American Academy of Family Physicians Fdn → New York State Academy of Family Physicians: $7K across 1 grant, latest 2023American Academy of Family Physicians Fdn: $63K on this topic. Open the funder.American Academy of Family Ph…$63KFamily Health Foundation of Illinois: received $16K on this topicFamily Health Foundation of Ill…$16KFamily Health Foundation of Missouri 8516341: received $10K on this topicFamily Health Foundation of Mis…$10KFamily Health Foundation of Illinois 9118965: received $9K on this topicFamily Health Foundation of Ill…$9KOregon Afp: received $7K on this topicOregon Afp$7KOhio Afp Foundation: received $7K on this topicOhio Afp Foundation$7KOhio Academy of Family Physicians Foundation: received $7K on this topicOhio Academy of Family Physicia…$7KNew York State Academy of Family Physicians: received $7K on this topicNew York State Academy of Famil…$7K
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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 →