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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 “ffaces”

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Association of Children's Museums Inc → Santa Fe Children's Museum: $16K across 1 grant, latest 2022Association of Children's Museums Inc → Kids Discovery Museum: $16K across 1 grant, latest 2022Association of Children's Museums Inc → Wonder Universe: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2022Association of Children's Museums Inc → Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2022Association of Children's Museums Inc → Kearney Area Children's Museum: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2023Association of Children's Museums Inc → Montshire Museum of Science: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2022Association of Children's Museums Inc → Treehouse Children's Museum: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2022Association of Children's Museums Inc → Westchester Children's Museum: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2022Association of Children's Museums Inc → Spark: $11K across 1 grant, latest 2022Association of Children's Museums Inc → Amelia Park Children's Museum: $11K across 1 grant, latest 2022Association of Children's Museums Inc → Children's Museum of Richmond: $11K across 1 grant, latest 2022Association of Children's Museums Inc → Mississippi Children's Museum: $11K across 1 grant, latest 2022Association of Children's Museums Inc → Children's Museum of South Dakota: $11K across 1 grant, latest 2022Association of Children's Museums Inc → Adventure Children's Museum: $11K across 1 grant, latest 2022Association of Children's Museums Inc → Building for Kids Children's Museum: $11K across 1 grant, latest 2022Association of Children's Museums Inc: $197K on this topic. Open the funder.Association of Children's Mus…$197KSanta Fe Children's Museum: received $16K on this topicSanta Fe Children's Museum$16KKids Discovery Museum: received $16K on this topicKids Discovery Museum$16KWonder Universe: received $15K on this topicWonder Universe$15KAnn Arbor Hands-On Museum: received $15K on this topicAnn Arbor Hands-On Museum$15KKearney Area Children's Museum: received $15K on this topicKearney Area Children's Museum$15KMontshire Museum of Science: received $15K on this topicMontshire Museum of Science$15KTreehouse Children's Museum: received $15K on this topicTreehouse Children's Museum$15KWestchester Children's Museum: received $15K on this topicWestchester Children's Museum$15KSpark: received $11K on this topicSpark$11KAmelia Park Children's Museum: received $11K on this topicAmelia Park Children's Museum$11KChildren's Museum of Richmond: received $11K on this topicChildren's Museum of Richmond$11KMississippi Children's Museum: received $11K on this topicMississippi Children's Museum$11KChildren's Museum of South Dakota: received $11K on this topicChildren's Museum of South Dako…$11KAdventure Children's Museum: received $11K on this topicAdventure Children's Museum$11KBuilding for Kids Children's Museum: received $11K on this topicBuilding for Kids Children's Mu…$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 →