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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 “giftcharitable”

Where the money went

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Springer-Lu Family Foundation → Vanderbilt University Medical Center: $500K across 2 grants, latest 2023The Episode Foundation → The Eliot School: $4K across 2 grants, latest 2022Gino Foundation → Kansas Coalition for Life Inc: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2023Springer-Lu Family Foundation → Greater Horizons Fund: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2023Springer-Lu Family Foundation: $550K on this topic. Open the funder.Springer-Lu Family Foundation$550KThe Episode Foundation: $4K on this topic. Open the funder.The Episode Foundation$4KGino Foundation: $2K on this topic. Open the funder.Gino Foundation$2KVanderbilt University Medical Center: received $500K on this topicVanderbilt University Medical C…$500KGreater Horizons Fund: received $50K on this topicGreater Horizons Fund$50KThe Eliot School: received $4K on this topicThe Eliot School$4KKansas Coalition for Life Inc: received $2K on this topicKansas Coalition for Life Inc$2K
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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 →