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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.

1 funder with a record of paying for “heslip”

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Ncma Education Research Foundation → Chanel Vinet: $10K across 2 grants, latest 2024Ncma Education Research Foundation → Jaiden Shea: $10K across 2 grants, latest 2024Ncma Education Research Foundation → Meaghan Booth: $10K across 2 grants, latest 2024Ncma Education Research Foundation → Anna Turco: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2025Ncma Education Research Foundation → Laura Hedrick: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2022Ncma Education Research Foundation → Nicholas Mcdonald: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2025Ncma Education Research Foundation: $45K on this topic. Open the funder.Ncma Education Research Found…$45KChanel Vinet: received $10K on this topicChanel Vinet$10KJaiden Shea: received $10K on this topicJaiden Shea$10KMeaghan Booth: received $10K on this topicMeaghan Booth$10KAnna Turco: received $5K on this topicAnna Turco$5KLaura Hedrick: received $5K on this topicLaura Hedrick$5KNicholas Mcdonald: received $5K on this topicNicholas Mcdonald$5K
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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 →