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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 “fundoperating”

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The Guadalupe and Lilia Martinez → Webb County Heritage Foundation: $40K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Chrysalis Foundation → Metropolitan Ministry: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2022Mr & Mrs Wayne B Lyon Foundation → Both Hands: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2021The Chrysalis Foundation → Mary Ellen Locher Foundation: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2022Mr & Mrs Wayne B Lyon Foundation → Solebury School: $7K across 1 grant, latest 2024Mr & Mrs Wayne B Lyon Foundation → Springdale Chestnut Hill Academy: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2024Mr & Mrs Wayne B Lyon Foundation → Turning Point USA: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2024Mr & Mrs Wayne B Lyon Foundation → Friends of Pastorius Park: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2024Mr & Mrs Wayne B Lyon Foundation → Cranbrook Schools (Annual Fund): $2K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Guadalupe and Lilia Martinez: $40K on this topic. Open the funder.The Guadalupe and Lilia Marti…$40KThe Chrysalis Foundation: $33K on this topic. Open the funder.The Chrysalis Foundation$33KMr & Mrs Wayne B Lyon Foundation: $31K on this topic. Open the funder.Mr & Mrs Wayne B Lyon Foundat…$31KWebb County Heritage Foundation: received $40K on this topicWebb County Heritage Foundation$40KMetropolitan Ministry: received $25K on this topicMetropolitan Ministry$25KBoth Hands: received $10K on this topicBoth Hands$10KMary Ellen Locher Foundation: received $8K on this topicMary Ellen Locher Foundation$8KSolebury School: received $7K on this topicSolebury School$7KSpringdale Chestnut Hill Academy: received $5K on this topicSpringdale Chestnut Hill Academy$5KTurning Point USA: received $5K on this topicTurning Point USA$5KFriends of Pastorius Park: received $3K on this topicFriends of Pastorius Park$3KCranbrook Schools (Annual Fund): received $2K on this topicCranbrook Schools (Annual Fund)$2K
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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 →