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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 “exxon”

Where the money went

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Seward Association for the Advancement → Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies: $473K across 1 grant, latest 2023Rogers-Wilbur Foundation Inc → Johns Hopkins Hospital: $101K across 2 grants, latest 2025Seward Association for the Advancement → University of Alaska Fairbanks Grant Programs: $296K across 1 grant, latest 2023Seward Association for the Advancement → Prince Williams Sound Science Center: $294K across 1 grant, latest 2023Seward Association for the Advancement → Chugach Regional Resources Commission: $283K across 1 grant, latest 2023Seward Association for the Advancement → Alutiiq Heritage Foundation: $260K across 1 grant, latest 2023Seward Association for the Advancement → University of Washington Grant & Contract Accounting: $52K across 1 grant, latest 2023Seward Association for the Advancement → North Coast Research LLC: $38K across 1 grant, latest 2023Seward Association for the Advancement: $1.7M on this topic. Open the funder.Seward Association for the Ad…$1.7MRogers-Wilbur Foundation Inc: $101K on this topic. Open the funder.Rogers-Wilbur Foundation Inc$101KCenter for Alaskan Coastal Studies: received $473K on this topicCenter for Alaskan Coastal Stud…$473KUniversity of Alaska Fairbanks Grant Programs: received $296K on this topicUniversity of Alaska Fairbanks…$296KPrince Williams Sound Science Center: received $294K on this topicPrince Williams Sound Science C…$294KChugach Regional Resources Commission: received $283K on this topicChugach Regional Resources Comm…$283KAlutiiq Heritage Foundation: received $260K on this topicAlutiiq Heritage Foundation$260KJohns Hopkins Hospital: received $101K on this topicJohns Hopkins Hospital$101KUniversity of Washington Grant & Contract Accounting: received $52K on this topicUniversity of Washington Grant…$52KNorth Coast Research LLC: received $38K on this topicNorth Coast Research LLC$38K
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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 →