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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.
Foundation based inAny state AL AK AZ AR CA CO CT DE DC FL GA HI ID IL IN IA KS KY LA ME MD MA MI MN MS MO MT NE NV NH NJ NM NY NC ND OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN TX UT VT VA WA WV WI WY PR VI Gave to recipients inAny state AL AK AZ AR CA CO CT DE DC FL GA HI ID IL IN IA KS KY LA ME MD MA MI MN MS MO MT NE NV NH NJ NM NY NC ND OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN TX UT VT VA WA WV WI WY PR VI Funder typeBoth Private foundations Charities & associations Grants of at leastAny size $10k $50k $100k Active sinceAny year 2023 or later 2024 or later
9 funders with a record of paying for “fundsfor”
Where the money went Elmer & Kaya Berg Foundation No 2 → Fargo-Moorhead Area Foundation: $2.8M across 1 grant, latest 2025 John W & Barbara A Dant Charitable Foundation → University of Notre Dame: $45K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Floyd Foundation → Heritage Foundation: $45K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The David Berg Foundation Inc → Pef Israel Endowment Fundsfor Center for Women's Justice: $35K across 1 grant, latest 2024 George W Mergens Foundation → Essex Chips: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Szilagyi Family Foundation Inc → Oberlin College: $6K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Nesbitt Family Charitable Foundation → Lands at Hillside Farm: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Robert Hoag Rawlings Foundation → Friends of Beckwith Ranch: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Dan Cameron Family Foundation Inc → Blowing Rock Art & History Museum: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2022 John W & Barbara A Dant Charitable Foundation → Edward Foundation: $30K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Elmer & Kaya Berg Foundation No 2 → Concordia Langauge Villages: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Nesbitt Family Charitable Foundation → North Branch Land Trust: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2024 John W & Barbara A Dant Charitable Foundation → Possibility Place: $18K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Nesbitt Family Charitable Foundation → Volunteers of America: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2025 John W & Barbara A Dant Charitable Foundation → Doors of Hope: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2022 John W & Barbara A Dant Charitable Foundation → St Vincent De Paul: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024 John W & Barbara A Dant Charitable Foundation → The Schaefer Legacy Project: $8K across 2 grants, latest 2023 John W & Barbara A Dant Charitable Foundation → Center for Family Dev: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2024 John W & Barbara A Dant Charitable Foundation → Clinic of Shelbyville: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2024 John W & Barbara A Dant Charitable Foundation → Saint Thomas: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Elmer & Kaya Berg Foundation No 2: $2.8M on this topic. Open the funder. Elmer & Kaya Berg Foundation… $2.8M John W & Barbara A Dant Charitable Foundation: $138K on this topic. Open the funder. John W & Barbara A Dant Chari… $138K Floyd Foundation: $45K on this topic. Open the funder. Floyd Foundation $45K The David Berg Foundation Inc: $35K on this topic. Open the funder. The David Berg Foundation Inc $35K Nesbitt Family Charitable Foundation: $11K on this topic. Open the funder. Nesbitt Family Charitable Fou… $11K George W Mergens Foundation: $10K on this topic. Open the funder. George W Mergens Foundation $10K Szilagyi Family Foundation Inc: $6K on this topic. Open the funder. Szilagyi Family Foundation Inc $6K Robert Hoag Rawlings Foundation: $2K on this topic. Open the funder. Robert Hoag Rawlings Foundati… $2K Dan Cameron Family Foundation Inc: $1K on this topic. Open the funder. Dan Cameron Family Foundation… $1K Fargo-Moorhead Area Foundation: received $2.8M on this topic Fargo-Moorhead Area Foundation $2.8M University of Notre Dame: received $45K on this topic University of Notre Dame $45K Heritage Foundation: received $45K on this topic Heritage Foundation $45K Pef Israel Endowment Fundsfor Center for Women's Justice: received $35K on this topic Pef Israel Endowment Fundsfor C… $35K Edward Foundation: received $30K on this topic Edward Foundation $30K Possibility Place: received $18K on this topic Possibility Place $18K Doors of Hope: received $15K on this topic Doors of Hope $15K Essex Chips: received $10K on this topic Essex Chips $10K St Vincent De Paul: received $10K on this topic St Vincent De Paul $10K The Schaefer Legacy Project: received $8K on this topic The Schaefer Legacy Project $8K Oberlin College: received $6K on this topic Oberlin College $6K Concordia Langauge Villages: received $6K on this topic Concordia Langauge Villages $6K Lands at Hillside Farm: received $5K on this topic Lands at Hillside Farm $5K North Branch Land Trust: received $5K on this topic North Branch Land Trust $5K Center for Family Dev: received $5K on this topic Center for Family Dev $5K Clinic of Shelbyville: received $5K on this topic Clinic of Shelbyville $5K Saint Thomas: received $3K on this topic Saint Thomas $3K Friends of Beckwith Ranch: received $2K on this topic Friends of Beckwith Ranch $2K Blowing Rock Art & History Museum: received $1K on this topic Blowing Rock Art & History Muse… $1K Volunteers of America: received $1K on this topic Volunteers of America $1K 9 funders, 20 recipients, grants matching “fundsfor” 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. This is one keyword. PaperOrbit reads your actual paper and searches on everything in it — population, methods, outcomes — then explains why each funder fits.
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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 →
