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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.

3 funders with a record of paying for “fubd”

Where the money went

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William C Demetree Jr Foundation → Young Life: $522K across 1 grant, latest 2024Jmm Charitable Foundation Inc → Ucla Foundation: $400K across 2 grants, latest 2024Frank V Sica and Colleen → Ohio State University: $250K across 1 grant, latest 2022William C Demetree Jr Foundation: $522K on this topic. Open the funder.William C Demetree Jr Foundat…$522KJmm Charitable Foundation Inc: $400K on this topic. Open the funder.Jmm Charitable Foundation Inc$400KFrank V Sica and Colleen: $250K on this topic. Open the funder.Frank V Sica and Colleen$250KYoung Life: received $522K on this topicYoung Life$522KUcla Foundation: received $400K on this topicUcla Foundation$400KOhio State University: received $250K on this topicOhio State University$250K
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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 →