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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 “individualsto”

Where the money went

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Joan Leslie Nichols Foundation Inc → Cardboard Project: $26K across 1 grant, latest 2025Hall Family Foundation → Change Starts With Me: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Douglas S and Barbara J Barrett Family Foundation → Herd: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2024Hall Family Foundation → University of St Thomas: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2024Hall Family Foundation → Family of Christ Lutheran Church: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023Hall Family Foundation → Childrens Cancer Research Foundation: $7K across 1 grant, latest 2023Hall Family Foundation → Wild River Conservancy: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2024Hall Family Foundation → Feed My Starving Children: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2023Hall Family Foundation → Woodbury Community Foundation: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2024Hall Family Foundation: $56K on this topic. Open the funder.Hall Family Foundation$56KJoan Leslie Nichols Foundation Inc: $26K on this topic. Open the funder.Joan Leslie Nichols Foundatio…$26KThe Douglas S and Barbara J Barrett Family Foundation: $3K on this topic. Open the funder.The Douglas S and Barbara J B…$3KCardboard Project: received $26K on this topicCardboard Project$26KChange Starts With Me: received $15K on this topicChange Starts With Me$15KUniversity of St Thomas: received $15K on this topicUniversity of St Thomas$15KFamily of Christ Lutheran Church: received $10K on this topicFamily of Christ Lutheran Church$10KChildrens Cancer Research Foundation: received $7K on this topicChildrens Cancer Research Found…$7KWild River Conservancy: received $5K on this topicWild River Conservancy$5KHerd: received $3K on this topicHerd$3KFeed My Starving Children: received $2K on this topicFeed My Starving Children$2KWoodbury Community Foundation: received $1K on this topicWoodbury Community 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 →