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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.

1 funder with a record of paying for “kurtc”

Where the money went

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Community Foundation of Western → Buhl Park Corporation: $315K across 1 grant, latest 2023Community Foundation of Western → Pittsburgh Community Reinvestment Group: $45K across 1 grant, latest 2023Community Foundation of Western → Building Blocks Child Center Inc: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2023Community Foundation of Western → Mercer Area Library: $24K across 1 grant, latest 2023Community Foundation of Western → Hope Center Ministries: $16K across 1 grant, latest 2023Community Foundation of Western: $425K on this topic. Open the funder.Community Foundation of Weste…$425KBuhl Park Corporation: received $315K on this topicBuhl Park Corporation$315KPittsburgh Community Reinvestment Group: received $45K on this topicPittsburgh Community Reinvestme…$45KBuilding Blocks Child Center Inc: received $25K on this topicBuilding Blocks Child Center Inc$25KMercer Area Library: received $24K on this topicMercer Area Library$24KHope Center Ministries: received $16K on this topicHope Center Ministries$16K
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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 →