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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.
12 funders with a record of paying for “foundaton”
Where the money went
Largest: $287,500 to STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA FOUNDATON — to help further critical medical research
Largest: $200,000 to MANDARIN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — to carry out the mission of the foundaton
United Way of Central IowaDes Moines, IACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $334,701 · through 2024Largest: $90,828 to BY DEGREES FOUNDATON — by degrees k-5 and 9-12 grade programing
Dell Loy Hansen CharitableLogan, UTCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $3.4M · through 2024Largest: $1.4M to CACHE EDUCATION FOUNDATION — provide financial support to the cache education foundaton - which provides funding for educational programs and classroom supplies for the cache county school district.
Robert L Whiteford Memorial TrustPittsburgh, PACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $78,156 · through 2025Largest: $21,909 to ST AGNES FOUNDATON INC — to provide support for st agnes hospital
Largest: $20,000 to INDIANA UNIVERISTY FOUNDATON — voices of hope fund
Largest: $20,000 to THE JED FOUNDATON — mental health and medical research
Largest: $10,000 to EAA AVIATION FOUNDATON — support aviation
Largest: $16,419 to HINDU TEMPLE HERITAGE FOUNDATON — public charity
Lowell Sun CharitiesLowell, MACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $21,500 · through 2024Largest: $9,500 to GREATER LOWELL COMMUNITY FOUNDATON — sponsorships and scholarship fund
Largest: $75,000 to TRUCKEE MEADOW COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATON — to promote positive change to the policies and systems that assist youth in becoming successful adults.
Largest: $35,872 to COMMUNITY FOUNDATON OF FREDERICK COUNTY — $10,300 general donation & $25,572 donation to support the suzanne michel anderson fund for the key memorial chapel.
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. 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 →