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Find who already funds work like yours. 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.
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12 funders with a record of paying for “flat”
Where the money went The Chicago Community Trust → Neighborhood Houseing Services of Chicago Inc: $1.5M across 2 grants, latest 2021 Virginia Association of → Eco Flats: $573K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Nimick Forbesway Foundation → International Crane Foundation Inc: $200K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Treeman Family Foundation Inc → Ducks Unlimited: $196K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Marcene Surber Tuw 1020000249 → Flat Rock Christian Church: $151K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Mt Hope Charities Inc → Flat Ridge Northwest Church: $90K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Harder Foundation → Communities for A Healthy Bay: $75K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Professional Student Government → School of Dentistry: $42K across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Ed Henry Stewart Charitable → Wise Co Sand Flat Fire Department: $40K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Perkins Charitable Foundation → Flat Rock Playhouse: $35K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The Shumaker Family Foundation → A-Flat Music Studio: $28K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → Boston College: $17K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Chicago Community Trust → Community Investment Corp: $688K across 2 grants, latest 2021 Nimick Forbesway Foundation → International Crane Foundation: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Harder Foundation → Citizens for A Healthy Bay: $35K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Professional Student Government → Public Affairs Student Association: $34K across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Simons Foundation Inc → A&m College: $17K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Mt Hope Charities Inc → Flat Ridge North West Church: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Shumaker Family Foundation → A-Flat Studio: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Chicago Community Trust → Full Spectrum Features Nfp: $325K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Professional Student Government → Mba Association: $34K across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → Univ of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Professional Student Government → College of Pharmacy Board: $23K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Professional Student Government → College of Veterinary Medicine: $22K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Professional Student Government → Graduate Nursing Student Council: $18K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Professional Student Government → School of Public Health: $18K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Professional Student Government → Law School Council: $12K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Professional Student Government → Medical School Council: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Professional Student Government → Schol of Public Health: $9K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Professional Student Government → Medical School Student Council: $9K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Simons Foundation Inc → University of Illinois Urbana: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Simons Foundation Inc → Illinois Urbana-Champaign: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Professional Student Government → Law School: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Professional Student Government → Colege of Pharmacy Board: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Professional Student Government → Colege of Veterinary Medicine: $7K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Chicago Community Trust: $2.5M on this topic. Open the funder. The Chicago Community Trust $2.5M Virginia Association of: $573K on this topic. Open the funder. Virginia Association of $573K Nimick Forbesway Foundation: $300K on this topic. Open the funder. Nimick Forbesway Foundation $300K Professional Student Government: $252K on this topic. Open the funder. Professional Student Governme… $252K Treeman Family Foundation Inc: $196K on this topic. Open the funder. Treeman Family Foundation Inc $196K Marcene Surber Tuw 1020000249: $151K on this topic. Open the funder. Marcene Surber Tuw 1020000249 $151K Harder Foundation: $110K on this topic. Open the funder. Harder Foundation $110K Mt Hope Charities Inc: $96K on this topic. Open the funder. Mt Hope Charities Inc $96K The Simons Foundation Inc: $59K on this topic. Open the funder. The Simons Foundation Inc $59K The Ed Henry Stewart Charitable: $40K on this topic. Open the funder. The Ed Henry Stewart Charitab… $40K Perkins Charitable Foundation: $35K on this topic. Open the funder. Perkins Charitable Foundation $35K The Shumaker Family Foundation: $31K on this topic. Open the funder. The Shumaker Family Foundation $31K Neighborhood Houseing Services of Chicago Inc: received $1.5M on this topic Neighborhood Houseing Services… $1.5M Community Investment Corp: received $688K on this topic Community Investment Corp $688K Eco Flats: received $573K on this topic Eco Flats $573K Full Spectrum Features Nfp: received $325K on this topic Full Spectrum Features Nfp $325K International Crane Foundation Inc: received $200K on this topic International Crane Foundation… $200K Ducks Unlimited: received $196K on this topic Ducks Unlimited $196K Flat Rock Christian Church: received $151K on this topic Flat Rock Christian Church $151K International Crane Foundation: received $100K on this topic International Crane Foundation $100K Flat Ridge Northwest Church: received $90K on this topic Flat Ridge Northwest Church $90K Communities for A Healthy Bay: received $75K on this topic Communities for A Healthy Bay $75K School of Dentistry: received $42K on this topic School of Dentistry $42K Wise Co Sand Flat Fire Department: received $40K on this topic Wise Co Sand Flat Fire Departme… $40K Flat Rock Playhouse: received $35K on this topic Flat Rock Playhouse $35K Citizens for A Healthy Bay: received $35K on this topic Citizens for A Healthy Bay $35K Public Affairs Student Association: received $34K on this topic Public Affairs Student Associat… $34K Mba Association: received $34K on this topic Mba Association $34K A-Flat Music Studio: received $28K on this topic A-Flat Music Studio $28K College of Pharmacy Board: received $23K on this topic College of Pharmacy Board $23K College of Veterinary Medicine: received $22K on this topic College of Veterinary Medicine $22K Graduate Nursing Student Council: received $18K on this topic Graduate Nursing Student Council $18K School of Public Health: received $18K on this topic School of Public Health $18K Boston College: received $17K on this topic Boston College $17K A&m College: received $17K on this topic A&m College $17K Law School Council: received $12K on this topic Law School Council $12K Medical School Council: received $10K on this topic Medical School Council $10K Schol of Public Health: received $9K on this topic Schol of Public Health $9K Medical School Student Council: received $9K on this topic Medical School Student Council $9K Univ of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: received $8K on this topic Univ of Illinois Urbana-Champai… $8K University of Illinois Urbana: received $8K on this topic University of Illinois Urbana $8K Illinois Urbana-Champaign: received $8K on this topic Illinois Urbana-Champaign $8K Law School: received $8K on this topic Law School $8K Colege of Pharmacy Board: received $8K on this topic Colege of Pharmacy Board $8K Colege of Veterinary Medicine: received $7K on this topic Colege of Veterinary Medicine $7K Flat Ridge North West Church: received $6K on this topic Flat Ridge North West Church $6K A-Flat Studio: received $3K on this topic A-Flat Studio $3K 12 funders, 35 recipients, grants matching “flat” only. Ribbon width is proportional to the total given; each funder has its own colour (smaller funders in gray). Hover a name to isolate its flows, click a funder to open it. Drag to move around; zoom with the buttons, a double-click, or the wheel after clicking the map. Largest: $17,000 to PUBLIC AFFAIRS STUDENT ASSOCIATION — flat fee grant and per student grant
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Largest: $8,400 to UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS URBANA — spectral shape optimization sharp inequalities on curved and flat domains
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Largest: $58,000 to DUCKS UNLIMITED — support drummond flats ok wildlife refuge
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Largest: $735,833 to Neighborhood Houseing Services of Chicago Inc — general operating support. in support of its leadership on the housing policy task force and its homeownership program. to support its strategic plan and work plan process for the …
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Largest: $223,510 to Eco Flats — indigent bed, virginia state opioid response, addiction management assistance
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Largest: $10,000 to WISE CO SAND FLAT FIRE DEPARTMENT — fire protection
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Largest: $15,000 to FLAT ROCK PLAYHOUSE — philanthropic purposes.
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Largest: $100,000 to INTERNATIONAL CRANE FOUNDATION INC — to support icf's work with the kafue flats of zambia
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Largest: $105,200 to FLAT ROCK CHRISTIAN CHURCH — parsonage/sanctuary
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Largest: $10,000 to A-FLAT MUSIC STUDIO — operating grant
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Largest: $40,000 to COMMUNITIES FOR A HEALTHY BAY — leveraging community engagement for better policy in the tide flats
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Largest: $71,000 to FLAT RIDGE NORTHWEST CHURCH — assistance to the church
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