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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.

4 funders with a record of paying for “insupport”

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Delaware Community Foundation Inc → Marine Biological Laboratory: $458K across 1 grant, latest 2021Empire Health Foundation → Elk Soup: $25K across 2 grants, latest 2024Fash Foundation → Illinois Institure of Technology: $5K across 2 grants, latest 2024Mitchell J and Mary Ellen Lamka → Dominican Friars Central Province: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2025Delaware Community Foundation Inc: $458K on this topic. Open the funder.Delaware Community Foundation…$458KEmpire Health Foundation: $25K on this topic. Open the funder.Empire Health Foundation$25KFash Foundation: $5K on this topic. Open the funder.Fash Foundation$5KMitchell J and Mary Ellen Lamka: $2K on this topic. Open the funder.Mitchell J and Mary Ellen Lam…$2KMarine Biological Laboratory: received $458K on this topicMarine Biological Laboratory$458KElk Soup: received $25K on this topicElk Soup$25KIllinois Institure of Technology: received $5K on this topicIllinois Institure of Technology$5KDominican Friars Central Province: received $2K on this topicDominican Friars Central Provin…$2K
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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 →