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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.

4 funders with a record of paying for “fundthe”

Where the money went

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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation → Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fundthe: $3.6M across 3 grants, latest 2022Brendalyn and Ernest Stempel Foundation → Diocesan College High School (South Africa)thru Bishop Foundation USA: $45K across 1 grant, latest 2022Brownington Foundation Inc → Taft School Annual Fundthe: $16K across 3 grants, latest 2024Lieberman (Jay M & Joan K) Charitable → Congregation Sinai: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2022Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: $3.6M on this topic. Open the funder.Bill & Melinda Gates Foundati…$3.6MBrendalyn and Ernest Stempel Foundation: $45K on this topic. Open the funder.Brendalyn and Ernest Stempel…$45KBrownington Foundation Inc: $16K on this topic. Open the funder.Brownington Foundation Inc$16KLieberman (Jay M & Joan K) Charitable: $3K on this topic. Open the funder.Lieberman (Jay M & Joan K) Ch…$3KAdministrators of the Tulane Educational Fundthe: received $3.6M on this topicAdministrators of the Tulane Ed…$3.6MDiocesan College High School (South Africa)thru Bishop Foundation USA: received $45K on this topicDiocesan College High School (S…$45KTaft School Annual Fundthe: received $16K on this topicTaft School Annual Fundthe$16KCongregation Sinai: received $3K on this topicCongregation Sinai$3K
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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 →