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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 “geodesic”

Where the money went

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The Simons Foundation Inc → University of Houston: $96K across 1 grant, latest 2022Ruth & Peter Metz Family Foundation → Lexington Community Farm: $18K across 2 grants, latest 2024Hmc Designing Futures Foundation → Ecology Center: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023Philanthropy International → Rbf Dome Nfp: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Simons Foundation Inc: $96K on this topic. Open the funder.The Simons Foundation Inc$96KRuth & Peter Metz Family Foundation: $18K on this topic. Open the funder.Ruth & Peter Metz Family Foun…$18KHmc Designing Futures Foundation: $10K on this topic. Open the funder.Hmc Designing Futures Foundat…$10KPhilanthropy International: $10K on this topic. Open the funder.Philanthropy International$10KUniversity of Houston: received $96K on this topicUniversity of Houston$96KLexington Community Farm: received $18K on this topicLexington Community Farm$18KEcology Center: received $10K on this topicEcology Center$10KRbf Dome Nfp: received $10K on this topicRbf Dome Nfp$10K
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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 →