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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.
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4 funders with a record of paying for “highereducation”
Where the money went Robert and Joan Rothberg Foundation Inc → University of Richmond: $12K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Enersen Foundation → Roseland Collegiate Prep: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Bradan Lane Foundation → Native Americans in Highereducation: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Stockard Charitable Trust → Zachary Haefele: $7K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Stockard Charitable Trust → Connor Bohlken: $5K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Stockard Charitable Trust → Madeline I Capp: $5K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Stockard Charitable Trust → Ricky Hu: $4K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Stockard Charitable Trust → Emma Schroeder: $4K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Stockard Charitable Trust → Beau Wassenberg: $4K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Stockard Charitable Trust → Emma Kempt: $3K across 2 grants, latest 2025 Stockard Charitable Trust → Hailey Ann Ingalls: $3K across 2 grants, latest 2025 Stockard Charitable Trust → Avery Lynch: $3K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Stockard Charitable Trust → Elizabeth Luppen: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Stockard Charitable Trust → Garrett Haverkamp: $2K across 2 grants, latest 2025 Stockard Charitable Trust → Samantha Bartels: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Stockard Charitable Trust → Gillian Zidek: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Stockard Charitable Trust → Rhett Wertenberger: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Stockard Charitable Trust → Hannah Musil: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Stockard Charitable Trust → Ashley Price: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Stockard Charitable Trust → Megan Hill: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Stockard Charitable Trust → Brennan Wetter: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Stockard Charitable Trust → Holly Holthaus: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Stockard Charitable Trust: $51K on this topic. Open the funder. Stockard Charitable Trust $51K Robert and Joan Rothberg Foundation Inc: $12K on this topic. Open the funder. Robert and Joan Rothberg Foun… $12K Enersen Foundation: $10K on this topic. Open the funder. Enersen Foundation $10K Bradan Lane Foundation: $10K on this topic. Open the funder. Bradan Lane Foundation $10K University of Richmond: received $12K on this topic University of Richmond $12K Roseland Collegiate Prep: received $10K on this topic Roseland Collegiate Prep $10K Native Americans in Highereducation: received $10K on this topic Native Americans in Highereduca… $10K Zachary Haefele: received $7K on this topic Zachary Haefele $7K Connor Bohlken: received $5K on this topic Connor Bohlken $5K Madeline I Capp: received $5K on this topic Madeline I Capp $5K Ricky Hu: received $4K on this topic Ricky Hu $4K Emma Schroeder: received $4K on this topic Emma Schroeder $4K Beau Wassenberg: received $4K on this topic Beau Wassenberg $4K Emma Kempt: received $3K on this topic Emma Kempt $3K Hailey Ann Ingalls: received $3K on this topic Hailey Ann Ingalls $3K Avery Lynch: received $3K on this topic Avery Lynch $3K Elizabeth Luppen: received $2K on this topic Elizabeth Luppen $2K Garrett Haverkamp: received $2K on this topic Garrett Haverkamp $2K Samantha Bartels: received $2K on this topic Samantha Bartels $2K Gillian Zidek: received $1K on this topic Gillian Zidek $1K Rhett Wertenberger: received $1K on this topic Rhett Wertenberger $1K Hannah Musil: received $1K on this topic Hannah Musil $1K Ashley Price: received $1K on this topic Ashley Price $1K Megan Hill: received $1K on this topic Megan Hill $1K Brennan Wetter: received $1K on this topic Brennan Wetter $1K Holly Holthaus: received $1K on this topic Holly Holthaus $1K 4 funders, 22 recipients, grants matching “highereducation” only. Ribbon width is proportional to the total given; each funder has its own colour. Hover a name to isolate its flows, click a funder to open it. Drag to move around; zoom with the buttons, a double-click, or the wheel after clicking the map. This is one keyword. PaperOrbit reads your actual paper and searches on everything in it — population, methods, outcomes — then explains why each funder fits.
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. 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 →