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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.

1 funder with a record of paying for “infrafundplansupp”

Where the money went

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The Funders Network Inc → Community Fndn of Greater Dubuque: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Funders Network Inc → Environmental Protection Network: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Funders Network Inc → New England Grassroots Environ Fund: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Funders Network Inc: $30K on this topic. Open the funder.The Funders Network Inc$30KCommunity Fndn of Greater Dubuque: received $10K on this topicCommunity Fndn of Greater Dubuq…$10KEnvironmental Protection Network: received $10K on this topicEnvironmental Protection Network$10KNew England Grassroots Environ Fund: received $10K on this topicNew England Grassroots Environ…$10K
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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 →