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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.

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The Helen Gurley Brown Foundation → College of Saint Rose: $1.9M across 2 grants, latest 2022The Helen Gurley Brown Foundation → Ithaca College: $1.8M across 1 grant, latest 2022The Helen Gurley Brown Foundation → University of Connecticut: $1.8M across 1 grant, latest 2022The Helen Gurley Brown Foundation → Colby-Sawyer College: $1.6M across 1 grant, latest 2022The Helen Gurley Brown Foundation → Middlebury College: $1.6M across 2 grants, latest 2022The Helen Gurley Brown Foundation → National Center for Women and Information Technology (Ncwit): $913K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Helen Gurley Brown Foundation → Northern Stage Company: $632K across 2 grants, latest 2022The Helen Gurley Brown Foundation → Student Conservation Association (Sca): $466K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Helen Gurley Brown Foundation → Twin Pines Housing Trust (Andrew Winter): $250K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Helen Gurley Brown Foundation → Dr Lucy King (Save the Elephants Co Wildlife Conservation Network): $250K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Helen Gurley Brown Foundation → Dr Leslee Shaw (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai): $100K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Helen Gurley Brown Foundation → Columbia University: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Helen Gurley Brown Foundation → YMCA Camp Coniston Inc: $78K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Helen Gurley Brown Foundation → Stanford University: $69K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Helen Gurley Brown Foundation → The Marshall Project: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Helen Gurley Brown Foundation → The Fuller Project: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Helen Gurley Brown Foundation → Jane Dacosta (Metropolitan Equestrian Team): $50K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Helen Gurley Brown Foundation: $12M on this topic. Open the funder.The Helen Gurley Brown Founda…$12MCollege of Saint Rose: received $1.9M on this topicCollege of Saint Rose$1.9MIthaca College: received $1.8M on this topicIthaca College$1.8MUniversity of Connecticut: received $1.8M on this topicUniversity of Connecticut$1.8MColby-Sawyer College: received $1.6M on this topicColby-Sawyer College$1.6MMiddlebury College: received $1.6M on this topicMiddlebury College$1.6MNational Center for Women and Information Technology (Ncwit): received $913K on this topicNational Center for Women and I…$913KNorthern Stage Company: received $632K on this topicNorthern Stage Company$632KStudent Conservation Association (Sca): received $466K on this topicStudent Conservation Associatio…$466KTwin Pines Housing Trust (Andrew Winter): received $250K on this topicTwin Pines Housing Trust (Andre…$250KDr Lucy King (Save the Elephants Co Wildlife Conservation Network): received $250K on this topicDr Lucy King (Save the Elephant…$250KDr Leslee Shaw (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai): received $100K on this topicDr Leslee Shaw (Icahn School of…$100KColumbia University: received $100K on this topicColumbia University$100KYMCA Camp Coniston Inc: received $78K on this topicYMCA Camp Coniston Inc$78KStanford University: received $69K on this topicStanford University$69KThe Marshall Project: received $50K on this topicThe Marshall Project$50KThe Fuller Project: received $50K on this topicThe Fuller Project$50KJane Dacosta (Metropolitan Equestrian Team): received $50K on this topicJane Dacosta (Metropolitan Eque…$50K
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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 →