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Find who already funds work like yours.

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.

1 funder with a record of paying for “goodw”

Where the money went

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Illumine Service Foundation Inc → First Nations Developments Inst: $198K across 1 grant, latest 2022Illumine Service Foundation Inc → Auroville International USA: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2022Illumine Service Foundation Inc → Grassroots Connect: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2022Illumine Service Foundation Inc → Civilization Research Initiative: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2022Illumine Service Foundation Inc → Dirtroad Organizing: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2022Illumine Service Foundation Inc → Rainbow Services Ltd: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2022Illumine Service Foundation Inc → Immigrant Defenders Law Center: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2022Illumine Service Foundation Inc → Organization for Refugeasylum: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022Illumine Service Foundation Inc → Foundation for Social Impact: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022Illumine Service Foundation Inc → City Parks Foundation Inc: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2022Illumine Service Foundation Inc: $470K on this topic. Open the funder.Illumine Service Foundation I…$470KFirst Nations Developments Inst: received $198K on this topicFirst Nations Developments Inst$198KAuroville International USA: received $100K on this topicAuroville International USA$100KGrassroots Connect: received $50K on this topicGrassroots Connect$50KCivilization Research Initiative: received $30K on this topicCivilization Research Initiative$30KDirtroad Organizing: received $25K on this topicDirtroad Organizing$25KRainbow Services Ltd: received $20K on this topicRainbow Services Ltd$20KImmigrant Defenders Law Center: received $20K on this topicImmigrant Defenders Law Center$20KOrganization for Refugeasylum: received $10K on this topicOrganization for Refugeasylum$10KFoundation for Social Impact: received $10K on this topicFoundation for Social Impact$10KCity Parks Foundation Inc: received $8K on this topicCity Parks Foundation Inc$8K
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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 →