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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 “generalcharitablepurposes”

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Edward H Mank Foundation → Squashbusters: $275K across 3 grants, latest 2024Leona and Harry B Helmsley Foundation Inc → Nyu Langone Hospital: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2023Wehadkee Foundation Inc → Chattahoochee Council: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2021Erna & Isaac Stern Foundation Inc → Hias: $15K across 3 grants, latest 2024Leona and Harry B Helmsley Foundation Inc → New York Crohns and Colitis Organization: $130K across 2 grants, latest 2022Wehadkee Foundation Inc → Circle of Care: $11K across 1 grant, latest 2021Erna & Isaac Stern Foundation Inc → Environmental Defense Fund: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2022Leona and Harry B Helmsley Foundation Inc → Prostate Action Inc: $80K across 1 grant, latest 2023Wehadkee Foundation Inc → Alabama Center for Architecture: $9K across 1 grant, latest 2021Erna & Isaac Stern Foundation Inc → Fistula Foundation: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2022Leona and Harry B Helmsley Foundation Inc → New York-Presbyterian Fund Inc: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2021Wehadkee Foundation Inc → Fuller Center for Housing: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2021Wehadkee Foundation Inc → Boys & Girls Club: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2021Wehadkee Foundation Inc → West Point Food Closet: $7K across 1 grant, latest 2021Wehadkee Foundation Inc → Christian Service Center: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2021Erna & Isaac Stern Foundation Inc → Uncf: $5K across 2 grants, latest 2023Wehadkee Foundation Inc → Meals On Wheels: $4K across 1 grant, latest 2021Wehadkee Foundation Inc → Chattahoochee Hospice: $4K across 1 grant, latest 2021Wehadkee Foundation Inc → Charlotte Green: $4K across 1 grant, latest 2021Wehadkee Foundation Inc → New Hope: $4K across 1 grant, latest 2021Wehadkee Foundation Inc → Chattahoochee: $4K across 1 grant, latest 2021Erna & Isaac Stern Foundation Inc → Lafayette College: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2022Erna & Isaac Stern Foundation Inc → American Tecnion Society: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2022Wehadkee Foundation Inc → Chambers County: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2021Wehadkee Foundation Inc → Chattahoochee Humane Society: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2021Wehadkee Foundation Inc → Point University: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2021Leona and Harry B Helmsley Foundation Inc: $370K on this topic. Open the funder.Leona and Harry B Helmsley Fo…$370KEdward H Mank Foundation: $275K on this topic. Open the funder.Edward H Mank Foundation$275KWehadkee Foundation Inc: $88K on this topic. Open the funder.Wehadkee Foundation Inc$88KErna & Isaac Stern Foundation Inc: $35K on this topic. Open the funder.Erna & Isaac Stern Foundation…$35KSquashbusters: received $275K on this topicSquashbusters$275KNyu Langone Hospital: received $150K on this topicNyu Langone Hospital$150KNew York Crohns and Colitis Organization: received $130K on this topicNew York Crohns and Colitis Org…$130KProstate Action Inc: received $80K on this topicProstate Action Inc$80KChattahoochee Council: received $20K on this topicChattahoochee Council$20KHias: received $15K on this topicHias$15KCircle of Care: received $11K on this topicCircle of Care$11KNew York-Presbyterian Fund Inc: received $10K on this topicNew York-Presbyterian Fund Inc$10KAlabama Center for Architecture: received $9K on this topicAlabama Center for Architecture$9KFuller Center for Housing: received $8K on this topicFuller Center for Housing$8KBoys & Girls Club: received $8K on this topicBoys & Girls Club$8KWest Point Food Closet: received $7K on this topicWest Point Food Closet$7KEnvironmental Defense Fund: received $5K on this topicEnvironmental Defense Fund$5KFistula Foundation: received $5K on this topicFistula Foundation$5KChristian Service Center: received $5K on this topicChristian Service Center$5KUncf: received $5K on this topicUncf$5KMeals On Wheels: received $4K on this topicMeals On Wheels$4KChattahoochee Hospice: received $4K on this topicChattahoochee Hospice$4KCharlotte Green: received $4K on this topicCharlotte Green$4KNew Hope: received $4K on this topicNew Hope$4KChattahoochee: received $4K on this topicChattahoochee$4KLafayette College: received $3K on this topicLafayette College$3KAmerican Tecnion Society: received $3K on this topicAmerican Tecnion Society$3KChambers County: received $2K on this topicChambers County$2KChattahoochee Humane Society: received $2K on this topicChattahoochee Humane Society$2KPoint University: received $1K on this topicPoint University$1K
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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 →