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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.
12 funders with a record of paying for “mercatus”
Where the money went
Largest: $135,000 to MERCATUS CENTER — unrestricted grant
George Mason University FoundationFairfax, VACharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $133.4M · through 2024Largest: $28.9M to MERCATUS CENTER — program support
John Templeton FoundationWest Conshohocken, PA
5 matching grants · $2.6M · through 2024Largest: $640,088 to MERCATUS CENTER INC — training scholars across disciplinary lines to explore adam smiths approach to political economy
Donors TrustAlexandria, VACharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $368,580 · through 2024Largest: $109,500 to Mercatus Center at GMU — for general operations
Largest: $300,000 to Mercatus Center Inc — to support general operations
Largest: $350,000 to MERCATUS CENTER INC — general operating support
Largest: $33,000 to MERCATUS CENTER — f.a. hayek program for advanced study in philosophy, politics and economics and pdta
Largest: $30,000 to GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION - MERCATUS CENTER — general and unrestricted.
Largest: $20,000 to MERCATUS CENTER GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY — general operations
Largest: $100,000 to Mercatus Center — general administration
Largest: $225,000 to MERCATUS CENTER INC — to conduct and publish new research into land use and permitting reforms, with the goal of addressing the housing supply shortage in the united states and creating more opportuniti…
Largest: $15,000 to MERCATUS CENTER INC — adam smith fellowships
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. 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 →