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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 “mauer”

Where the money went

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Wooster Elks Lodge No 1346 → Wooster Youth Instructional Football: $15K across 2 grants, latest 2024Ruth & Peter Metz Family Foundation → Indiana U-Mauer Sch of Law: $5K across 2 grants, latest 2024Ruth & Peter Metz Family Foundation → Indiana Univ - Mauer School of Law: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2022Wooster Elks Lodge No 1346: $15K on this topic. Open the funder.Wooster Elks Lodge No 1346$15KRuth & Peter Metz Family Foundation: $8K on this topic. Open the funder.Ruth & Peter Metz Family Foun…$8KWooster Youth Instructional Football: received $15K on this topicWooster Youth Instructional Foo…$15KIndiana U-Mauer Sch of Law: received $5K on this topicIndiana U-Mauer Sch of Law$5KIndiana Univ - Mauer School of Law: received $3K on this topicIndiana Univ - Mauer School of…$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 →