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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 “luckenbill”

Where the money went

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Willard L & Ruth P Eccles Foundation → First Descents: $90K across 1 grant, latest 2023Lg&e and Ku Foundation Inc → Hardin County Habitat for Humanity: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2024Willard L & Ruth P Eccles Foundation → Metavivor Research and Support Inc: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2023Willard L & Ruth P Eccles Foundation → Friends of Tryon Creek State Park: $10K across 2 grants, latest 2024Willard L & Ruth P Eccles Foundation → University Preparatory Schools: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024Willard L & Ruth P Eccles Foundation: $130K on this topic. Open the funder.Willard L & Ruth P Eccles Fou…$130KLg&e and Ku Foundation Inc: $3K on this topic. Open the funder.Lg&e and Ku Foundation Inc$3KFirst Descents: received $90K on this topicFirst Descents$90KMetavivor Research and Support Inc: received $20K on this topicMetavivor Research and Support…$20KFriends of Tryon Creek State Park: received $10K on this topicFriends of Tryon Creek State Pa…$10KUniversity Preparatory Schools: received $10K on this topicUniversity Preparatory Schools$10KHardin County Habitat for Humanity: received $3K on this topicHardin County Habitat for Human…$3K
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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 →