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Find who already funds work like yours. 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.
Foundation based inAny state AL AK AZ AR CA CO CT DE DC FL GA HI ID IL IN IA KS KY LA ME MD MA MI MN MS MO MT NE NV NH NJ NM NY NC ND OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN TX UT VT VA WA WV WI WY PR VI Gave to recipients inAny state AL AK AZ AR CA CO CT DE DC FL GA HI ID IL IN IA KS KY LA ME MD MA MI MN MS MO MT NE NV NH NJ NM NY NC ND OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN TX UT VT VA WA WV WI WY PR VI Funder typeBoth Private foundations Charities & associations Grants of at leastAny size $10k $50k $100k Active sinceAny year 2023 or later 2024 or later
10 funders with a record of paying for “merch”
Where the money went Ordean Foundation → Family Freedom Center: $51K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Ncrc Community Development Fund Inc → Merch Foods Inc: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Civic Space Foundation → Noe Valley Merch & Pro Assoc: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Walter Alexander Foundation Inc → Wisconsin Area Dental Foundation: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Avenue Greenlight → San Francisco Council of District Merch Assoc: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Finish Line Youth Foundation Inc → Boys & Girls Club of Indianapolis: $7K across 2 grants, latest 2021 Jewish Federation Council of Greater La → That Merch Girl LLC: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Papa John's Foundation Inc → Mentors in Motion Inc: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Lm Newman Family Foundation → Merch Chefs Inc: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Good Fight of Faith Corp → The Good Fight of Faith Corp: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Finish Line Youth Foundation Inc → Special Olympics Indiana: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Ordean Foundation: $51K on this topic. Open the funder. Ordean Foundation $51K Ncrc Community Development Fund Inc: $50K on this topic. Open the funder. Ncrc Community Development Fu… $50K Civic Space Foundation: $50K on this topic. Open the funder. Civic Space Foundation $50K Walter Alexander Foundation Inc: $20K on this topic. Open the funder. Walter Alexander Foundation I… $20K Avenue Greenlight: $10K on this topic. Open the funder. Avenue Greenlight $10K Finish Line Youth Foundation Inc: $8K on this topic. Open the funder. Finish Line Youth Foundation… $8K Jewish Federation Council of Greater La: $6K on this topic. Open the funder. Jewish Federation Council of… $6K The Papa John's Foundation Inc: $5K on this topic. Open the funder. The Papa John's Foundation Inc $5K Lm Newman Family Foundation: $5K on this topic. Open the funder. Lm Newman Family Foundation $5K The Good Fight of Faith Corp: $1K on this topic. Open the funder. The Good Fight of Faith Corp $1K Family Freedom Center: received $51K on this topic Family Freedom Center $51K Merch Foods Inc: received $50K on this topic Merch Foods Inc $50K Noe Valley Merch & Pro Assoc: received $50K on this topic Noe Valley Merch & Pro Assoc $50K Wisconsin Area Dental Foundation: received $20K on this topic Wisconsin Area Dental Foundation $20K San Francisco Council of District Merch Assoc: received $10K on this topic San Francisco Council of Distri… $10K Boys & Girls Club of Indianapolis: received $7K on this topic Boys & Girls Club of Indianapol… $7K That Merch Girl LLC: received $6K on this topic That Merch Girl LLC $6K Mentors in Motion Inc: received $5K on this topic Mentors in Motion Inc $5K Merch Chefs Inc: received $5K on this topic Merch Chefs Inc $5K The Good Fight of Faith Corp: received $1K on this topic The Good Fight of Faith Corp $1K Special Olympics Indiana: received $1K on this topic Special Olympics Indiana $1K 10 funders, 11 recipients, grants matching “merch” only. Ribbon width is proportional to the total given; each funder has its own colour (smaller funders in gray). Hover a name to isolate its flows, click a funder to open it. Drag to move around; zoom with the buttons, a double-click, or the wheel after clicking the map. Largest: $5,000 to Boys & Girls Club of Indianapolis — local support & merch
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Largest: $50,500 to FAMILY FREEDOM CENTER — general operating support of the center, sponsorship for kids merch up event
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Largest: $50,000 to Noe Valley Merch & Pro Assoc — night markets
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Largest: $50,000 to MERCH FOODS INC — illinois coronavirus fiscal recovery funds
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Largest: $20,000 to WISCONSIN AREA DENTAL FOUNDATION — mission merch
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Largest: $6,393 to THAT MERCH GIRL LLC — program supplies/books
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Largest: $10,000 to San Francisco Council of District Merch Assoc — community support
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Largest: $5,000 to MENTORS IN MOTION INC — music, merch and more
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Largest: $4,500 to MERCH CHEFS INC — an unrestricted grant to further the donee's exempt purpose
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Largest: $1,142 to The Good Fight of Faith Corp — admin outreach merch food bank supplies fees
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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 →
