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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.

2 funders with a record of paying for “interdiction”

Where the money went

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Indiana Drug Enforcement → Grant Expense - Fountain Co: $17K across 1 grant, latest 2022Enterprise Holdings Foundation → International Narcotics Interdiction: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2021Indiana Drug Enforcement → Grant Expense - Scott Co: $12K across 1 grant, latest 2022Enterprise Holdings Foundation → International Narcotics Interdiction Association: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2020Indiana Drug Enforcement → Grant Expense - Shelby Co: $7K across 1 grant, latest 2022Indiana Drug Enforcement: $36K on this topic. Open the funder.Indiana Drug Enforcement$36KEnterprise Holdings Foundation: $4K on this topic. Open the funder.Enterprise Holdings Foundation$4KGrant Expense - Fountain Co: received $17K on this topicGrant Expense - Fountain Co$17KGrant Expense - Scott Co: received $12K on this topicGrant Expense - Scott Co$12KGrant Expense - Shelby Co: received $7K on this topicGrant Expense - Shelby Co$7KInternational Narcotics Interdiction: received $2K on this topicInternational Narcotics Interdi…$2KInternational Narcotics Interdiction Association: received $2K on this topicInternational Narcotics Interdi…$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 →