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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 “fightersand”

Where the money went

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Virginia Professional Fire Fighters Charitable Foundation → Richmond Local 995 Rfd Foundation: $4K across 1 grant, latest 2022Virginia Professional Fire Fighters Charitable Foundation → Chesterfield Pff Charitable Foundation: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2022Virginia Professional Fire Fighters Charitable Foundation → Roanoke Ffs Charitable Foundation: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2022Virginia Professional Fire Fighters Charitable Foundation → Roanoke Valley Firefighters Foundation: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2022Virginia Professional Fire Fighters Charitable Foundation: $12K on this topic. Open the funder.Virginia Professional Fire Fi…$12KRichmond Local 995 Rfd Foundation: received $4K on this topicRichmond Local 995 Rfd Foundati…$4KChesterfield Pff Charitable Foundation: received $3K on this topicChesterfield Pff Charitable Fou…$3KRoanoke Ffs Charitable Foundation: received $3K on this topicRoanoke Ffs Charitable Foundati…$3KRoanoke Valley Firefighters Foundation: received $3K on this topicRoanoke Valley Firefighters Fou…$3K
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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 →