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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 “humanitrian”

Where the money went

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Signature Travel Network Foundation → Hawaii Community Foundation: $241K across 1 grant, latest 2023Ellman Discovery Foundation → Jewish Fed- Gtr Metrowest Nj: $121K across 1 grant, latest 2021Frank Jacoby Foundation → Fairfield University Bennett Center for Judiac Studies: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2022Signature Travel Network Foundation → Maui Food Bank Inc: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2023Signature Travel Network Foundation → University of Hawaii Foundation: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2023Signature Travel Network Foundation: $392K on this topic. Open the funder.Signature Travel Network Foun…$392KEllman Discovery Foundation: $121K on this topic. Open the funder.Ellman Discovery Foundation$121KFrank Jacoby Foundation: $3K on this topic. Open the funder.Frank Jacoby Foundation$3KHawaii Community Foundation: received $241K on this topicHawaii Community Foundation$241KMaui Food Bank Inc: received $150K on this topicMaui Food Bank Inc$150KJewish Fed- Gtr Metrowest Nj: received $121K on this topicJewish Fed- Gtr Metrowest Nj$121KFairfield University Bennett Center for Judiac Studies: received $3K on this topicFairfield University Bennett Ce…$3KUniversity of Hawaii Foundation: received $1K on this topicUniversity of Hawaii Foundation$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 →