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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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4 funders with a record of paying for “foreground”
Where the money went Research Corporation Dba Research → Case Western Reserve University: $120K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Marrazzo Family Foundation → Culture Trust Greater Philadelphia: $100K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Wenner-Gren Foundation for → Roosbelinda Cardenas: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Illinois Humanities Council Inc → The Hub-Arts & Cultural Center: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Illinois Humanities Council Inc → Carbondale Community Arts Inc: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Illinois Humanities Council Inc → Crossroads Cultural Connectio: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Illinois Humanities Council Inc → Fulton County Community Arts: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Illinois Humanities Council Inc → Gallary 510 Art & Framing: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Illinois Humanities Council Inc → Grundy County Historical Soci: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Illinois Humanities Council Inc → Here and Again Inc: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Illinois Humanities Council Inc → Heterodyne Broadcasting Co: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Illinois Humanities Council Inc → Historic Marbold Farmstead As: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Illinois Humanities Council Inc → Illinois Rural Heritage Museu: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Illinois Humanities Council Inc → Legacy Training Inc: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Illinois Humanities Council Inc → Legacy Training Inc: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Illinois Humanities Council Inc → Men of Power Women of Strengt: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Illinois Humanities Council Inc → Moultrie County Historical: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Illinois Humanities Council Inc → Savannah Historical Society: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Illinois Humanities Council Inc → Schuyler County Architecture: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Illinois Humanities Council Inc → Southern Illinois Cabe: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Illinois Humanities Council Inc → The Hub-Arts & Cultural Cente: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Illinois Humanities Council Inc → The Realitea Project Inc: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Illinois Humanities Council Inc → Historic Ellisville Restorati: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Illinois Humanities Council Inc → Board of Trustees Western Il: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Illinois Humanities Council Inc → Cairo Historical Preservation: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Illinois Humanities Council Inc → Carlinville Winning Communiti: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Illinois Humanities Council Inc → Evans Library Foundation: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Illinois Humanities Council Inc: $260K on this topic. Open the funder. Illinois Humanities Council I… $260K Research Corporation Dba Research: $120K on this topic. Open the funder. Research Corporation Dba Rese… $120K Marrazzo Family Foundation: $100K on this topic. Open the funder. Marrazzo Family Foundation $100K The Wenner-Gren Foundation for: $20K on this topic. Open the funder. The Wenner-Gren Foundation for $20K Case Western Reserve University: received $120K on this topic Case Western Reserve University $120K Culture Trust Greater Philadelphia: received $100K on this topic Culture Trust Greater Philadelp… $100K Roosbelinda Cardenas: received $20K on this topic Roosbelinda Cardenas $20K The Hub-Arts & Cultural Center: received $20K on this topic The Hub-Arts & Cultural Center $20K Carbondale Community Arts Inc: received $20K on this topic Carbondale Community Arts Inc $20K Crossroads Cultural Connectio: received $10K on this topic Crossroads Cultural Connectio $10K Fulton County Community Arts: received $10K on this topic Fulton County Community Arts $10K Gallary 510 Art & Framing: received $10K on this topic Gallary 510 Art & Framing $10K Grundy County Historical Soci: received $10K on this topic Grundy County Historical Soci $10K Here and Again Inc: received $10K on this topic Here and Again Inc $10K Heterodyne Broadcasting Co: received $10K on this topic Heterodyne Broadcasting Co $10K Historic Marbold Farmstead As: received $10K on this topic Historic Marbold Farmstead As $10K Illinois Rural Heritage Museu: received $10K on this topic Illinois Rural Heritage Museu $10K Legacy Training Inc: received $10K on this topic Legacy Training Inc $10K Legacy Training Inc: received $10K on this topic Legacy Training Inc $10K Men of Power Women of Strengt: received $10K on this topic Men of Power Women of Strengt $10K Moultrie County Historical: received $10K on this topic Moultrie County Historical $10K Savannah Historical Society: received $10K on this topic Savannah Historical Society $10K Schuyler County Architecture: received $10K on this topic Schuyler County Architecture $10K Southern Illinois Cabe: received $10K on this topic Southern Illinois Cabe $10K The Hub-Arts & Cultural Cente: received $10K on this topic The Hub-Arts & Cultural Cente $10K The Realitea Project Inc: received $10K on this topic The Realitea Project Inc $10K Historic Ellisville Restorati: received $10K on this topic Historic Ellisville Restorati $10K Board of Trustees Western Il: received $10K on this topic Board of Trustees Western Il $10K Cairo Historical Preservation: received $10K on this topic Cairo Historical Preservation $10K Carlinville Winning Communiti: received $10K on this topic Carlinville Winning Communiti $10K Evans Library Foundation: received $10K on this topic Evans Library Foundation $10K 4 funders, 27 recipients, grants matching “foreground” only. Ribbon width is proportional to the total given; each funder has its own colour. 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: $20,000 to CARBONDALE COMMUNITY ARTS INC — 2023 foreground rural initiative grant
Full grant history → IRS filings ↗
Largest: $13,120 to ROOSBELINDA CARDENAS — cardenas, roosbelinda (hampshire college) "foregrounding the anthropological study of whiteness in latin america: interdisciplinary, transregional, and intergenerational dialogues"
Full grant history → IRS filings ↗
Largest: $50,000 to CULTURE TRUST GREATER PHILADELPHIA — to support the artphilly2026 sponsored project, an initiative that will foreground artists and the arts as interpreters of the 250th anniversary of the declaration of independence.
Full grant history → IRS filings ↗
Largest: $120,000 to Case Western Reserve University — measuring cosmic birefringence in the presence of galactic foregrounds and improving career preparation through advanced physics labs
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