Funding search

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.

1 funder with a record of paying for “inchemistry”

Where the money went

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John Stauffer Charitable Trust → Soka University of America: $2.0M across 4 grants, latest 2023John Stauffer Charitable Trust → University of the Pacific: $517K across 3 grants, latest 2024John Stauffer Charitable Trust → Chapman College: $200K across 2 grants, latest 2023John Stauffer Charitable Trust: $2.7M on this topic. Open the funder.John Stauffer Charitable Trust$2.7MSoka University of America: received $2.0M on this topicSoka University of America$2.0MUniversity of the Pacific: received $517K on this topicUniversity of the Pacific$517KChapman College: received $200K on this topicChapman College$200K
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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 →