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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 “meisel”

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Meisel & Pesses Family Foundation → Musical Arts Association: $300K across 1 grant, latest 2021Meisel & Pesses Family Foundation → Jewish Family Service Association of Cleveland Ohio: $62K across 1 grant, latest 2021Meisel & Pesses Family Foundation → Cleveland Institute of Art: $36K across 1 grant, latest 2021Meisel & Pesses Family Foundation → Berea College: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2021Meisel & Pesses Family Foundation: $413K on this topic. Open the funder.Meisel & Pesses Family Founda…$413KMusical Arts Association: received $300K on this topicMusical Arts Association$300KJewish Family Service Association of Cleveland Ohio: received $62K on this topicJewish Family Service Associati…$62KCleveland Institute of Art: received $36K on this topicCleveland Institute of Art$36KBerea College: received $15K on this topicBerea College$15K
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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 →