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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 “float”
Where the money went American Express Foundation → American Online Giving Foundation Inc: $6.0M across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Chicago Community Trust → Floating Museum Nfp: $1.0M across 2 grants, latest 2023 Danford Foundation → Floating Doctors: $658K across 5 grants, latest 2024 The Synopsys Foundation → American Online Giving Foundation Inc: $600K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Zendesk Charitable Foundation → Uk Online Giving Foundation: $448K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Terra Foundation for American Art → Floating Museum: $405K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Colad Charitable Trust → Floating Doctors Inc: $370K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The Bank of America Charitable → Floating Hospital Inc: $260K across 4 grants, latest 2023 Maine Technology Institute → Pk Floats: $260K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Unfcu Foundation Inc → The Floating Hospital: $236K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Field Foundation of Illinois → Floating Museum: $160K across 7 grants, latest 2024 Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation → Floating Museum: $15K across 2 grants, latest 2022 The Synopsys Foundation → The Uk Online Giving Foundation: $300K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Zendesk Charitable Foundation → American Online Giving Foundation Inc: $224K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Field Foundation of Illinois → Floating Museum--Fs in Co Black Women: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Maine Technology Institute → Clamar Floats Inc: $26K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Chicago Community Trust → Floating Museum Nfp: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2021 Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation → Floating Museum Nfp: $15K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Terra Foundation for American Art → Floating Museum Nfp: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Bank of America Charitable → The Floating Hospital Foundation I: $6K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Maine Technology Institute → Pk Floats Inc: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Field Foundation of Illinois → Floating Museum--Fs for Norman Teague Design Studios: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation → Floating Museum Nfp: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Maine Technology Institute → Maine Float LLC: $18K across 1 grant, latest 2022 American Express Foundation: $6.0M on this topic. Open the funder. American Express Foundation $6.0M The Chicago Community Trust: $1.0M on this topic. Open the funder. The Chicago Community Trust $1.0M The Synopsys Foundation: $900K on this topic. Open the funder. The Synopsys Foundation $900K Zendesk Charitable Foundation: $673K on this topic. Open the funder. Zendesk Charitable Foundation $673K Danford Foundation: $658K on this topic. Open the funder. Danford Foundation $658K Terra Foundation for American Art: $415K on this topic. Open the funder. Terra Foundation for American… $415K Colad Charitable Trust: $370K on this topic. Open the funder. Colad Charitable Trust $370K Maine Technology Institute: $329K on this topic. Open the funder. Maine Technology Institute $329K The Bank of America Charitable: $266K on this topic. Open the funder. The Bank of America Charitable $266K Unfcu Foundation Inc: $236K on this topic. Open the funder. Unfcu Foundation Inc $236K Field Foundation of Illinois: $205K on this topic. Open the funder. Field Foundation of Illinois $205K Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation: $38K on this topic. Open the funder. Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley… $38K American Online Giving Foundation Inc: received $6.6M on this topic American Online Giving Foundati… $6.6M Floating Museum Nfp: received $1.0M on this topic Floating Museum Nfp $1.0M Floating Doctors: received $658K on this topic Floating Doctors $658K Floating Museum: received $565K on this topic Floating Museum $565K Uk Online Giving Foundation: received $448K on this topic Uk Online Giving Foundation $448K Floating Doctors Inc: received $370K on this topic Floating Doctors Inc $370K The Uk Online Giving Foundation: received $300K on this topic The Uk Online Giving Foundation $300K Floating Hospital Inc: received $260K on this topic Floating Hospital Inc $260K Pk Floats: received $260K on this topic Pk Floats $260K The Floating Hospital: received $236K on this topic The Floating Hospital $236K American Online Giving Foundation Inc: received $224K on this topic American Online Giving Foundati… $224K Floating Museum--Fs in Co Black Women: received $30K on this topic Floating Museum--Fs in Co Black… $30K Floating Museum Nfp: received $28K on this topic Floating Museum Nfp $28K Clamar Floats Inc: received $26K on this topic Clamar Floats Inc $26K Floating Museum Nfp: received $25K on this topic Floating Museum Nfp $25K Pk Floats Inc: received $25K on this topic Pk Floats Inc $25K Maine Float LLC: received $18K on this topic Maine Float LLC $18K Floating Museum: received $15K on this topic Floating Museum $15K Floating Museum--Fs for Norman Teague Design Studios: received $15K on this topic Floating Museum--Fs for Norman… $15K The Floating Hospital Foundation I: received $6K on this topic The Floating Hospital Foundatio… $6K 12 funders, 20 recipients, grants matching “float” 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: $5,000 to FLOATING MUSEUM — floating museum
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Largest: $125,000 to FLOATING HOSPITAL INC — program/operating support
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Largest: $515,000 to FLOATING DOCTORS — health care services, supplies and experience to isolated areas and developing world
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Largest: $1.9M to AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC — 2024 amex give2gether float funding
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Largest: $25,000 to PK Floats Inc — amphibious seaplane float development for bushliner 1850 aircraft.
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Largest: $320,348 to UK Online Giving Foundation — float fund top up
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Largest: $880,000 to Floating Museum NFP — in support of the art center co-op. grant made via fiscal sponsor, floating museum nfp.
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Largest: $100,000 to FLOATING DOCTORS INC — in memory of harutune and annie
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Largest: $300,000 to AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC — synopsys aogf float fund
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Largest: $285,000 to FLOATING MUSEUM — arts education
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Largest: $82,000 to THE FLOATING HOSPITAL — behavioral health program for women and girls
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Largest: $7,500 to Floating Museum — general operations
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