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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 “horsethief”

Where the money went

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Southwest Idaho Resource Conservation → Idaho Power Company: $206K across 1 grant, latest 2022Community Foundation of Southwest Kansas → Horsethief Reservoir Benefit District: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Robert and Judith Sturgis Family → The Young Mens Christian Association of Boise City: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2024Southwest Idaho Resource Conservation: $206K on this topic. Open the funder.Southwest Idaho Resource Cons…$206KCommunity Foundation of Southwest Kansas: $5K on this topic. Open the funder.Community Foundation of South…$5KThe Robert and Judith Sturgis Family: $1K on this topic. Open the funder.The Robert and Judith Sturgis…$1KIdaho Power Company: received $206K on this topicIdaho Power Company$206KHorsethief Reservoir Benefit District: received $5K on this topicHorsethief Reservoir Benefit Di…$5KThe Young Mens Christian Association of Boise City: received $1K on this topicThe Young Mens Christian Associ…$1K
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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 →