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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 “generalgeneralgeneralgeneral”

Where the money went

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Bernard & Nancy Karwick Foundation → Mayo Clinic: $1.0M across 1 grant, latest 2024Out of the Box Foundation Inc → Breakthrough Urban Ministries: $10K across 2 grants, latest 2023Ritter Family Foundation Ltd → Diabetes Research Institute: $4K across 1 grant, latest 2024Bernard & Nancy Karwick Foundation: $1.0M on this topic. Open the funder.Bernard & Nancy Karwick Found…$1.0MOut of the Box Foundation Inc: $10K on this topic. Open the funder.Out of the Box Foundation Inc$10KRitter Family Foundation Ltd: $4K on this topic. Open the funder.Ritter Family Foundation Ltd$4KMayo Clinic: received $1.0M on this topicMayo Clinic$1.0MBreakthrough Urban Ministries: received $10K on this topicBreakthrough Urban Ministries$10KDiabetes Research Institute: received $4K on this topicDiabetes Research Institute$4K
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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 →