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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 “mercury”

Where the money went

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The San Francisco Foundation → Mercury Soul Inc: $237K across 3 grants, latest 2024Houston Endowment Inc → Mercury Chamber Orchestra Inc: $225K across 3 grants, latest 2024Kick Drugs Out of America Foundation → Mercury One Inc: $100K across 4 grants, latest 2024Wayne and Gladys Valley Foundation → San Jose Mercury News Wish Book Fund: $75K across 3 grants, latest 2023The Ayco Charitable Foundation → Mercury Soul Inc: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2025Servant Foundation → Mercury One Inc: $47K across 2 grants, latest 2022Match Sanderson Foundation → Mercury One: $43K across 4 grants, latest 2025The Boyd Foundation Charitable Trust → Mercury: $41K across 4 grants, latest 2023Communities Foundation of Texas Inc → Mercury One Inc: $32K across 4 grants, latest 2024Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund → San Jose Mercury News Wish Book Fund Inc: $30K across 3 grants, latest 2024Texas Instruments Foundation → Mercury One Inc: $13K across 5 grants, latest 2024The Carter Family Foundation → Mercury One: $8K across 2 grants, latest 2025Houston Endowment Inc → Mercury Chamber Orchestra: $158K across 3 grants, latest 2022Servant Foundation → Mercury One Inc: $41K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Ayco Charitable Foundation → Mercury One Inc: $39K across 2 grants, latest 2024Wayne and Gladys Valley Foundation → San Jose Mercury News Wish Book Fund Inc Aka the Mercury News Wish Book Fun: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2024Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund → Mercury One Inc: $14K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Carter Family Foundation → Mercury One the Nazarene Fund: $4K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Carter Family Foundation → Mercury One Inc: $4K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Carter Family Foundation → Mercury One Inc-Maximum Impact Fund: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2023Houston Endowment Inc: $383K on this topic. Open the funder.Houston Endowment Inc$383KThe San Francisco Foundation: $237K on this topic. Open the funder.The San Francisco Foundation$237KKick Drugs Out of America Foundation: $100K on this topic. Open the funder.Kick Drugs Out of America Fou…$100KWayne and Gladys Valley Foundation: $100K on this topic. Open the funder.Wayne and Gladys Valley Found…$100KThe Ayco Charitable Foundation: $89K on this topic. Open the funder.The Ayco Charitable Foundation$89KServant Foundation: $88K on this topic. Open the funder.Servant Foundation$88KGs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund: $44K on this topic. Open the funder.Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy…$44KMatch Sanderson Foundation: $43K on this topic. Open the funder.Match Sanderson Foundation$43KThe Boyd Foundation Charitable Trust: $41K on this topic. Open the funder.The Boyd Foundation Charitabl…$41KCommunities Foundation of Texas Inc: $32K on this topic. Open the funder.Communities Foundation of Tex…$32KThe Carter Family Foundation: $18K on this topic. Open the funder.The Carter Family Foundation$18KTexas Instruments Foundation: $13K on this topic. Open the funder.Texas Instruments Foundation$13KMercury Soul Inc: received $287K on this topicMercury Soul Inc$287KMercury Chamber Orchestra Inc: received $225K on this topicMercury Chamber Orchestra Inc$225KMercury Chamber Orchestra: received $158K on this topicMercury Chamber Orchestra$158KMercury One Inc: received $145K on this topicMercury One Inc$145KMercury One Inc: received $145K on this topicMercury One Inc$145KSan Jose Mercury News Wish Book Fund: received $75K on this topicSan Jose Mercury News Wish Book…$75KMercury One: received $43K on this topicMercury One$43KMercury: received $41K on this topicMercury$41KSan Jose Mercury News Wish Book Fund Inc: received $30K on this topicSan Jose Mercury News Wish Book…$30KSan Jose Mercury News Wish Book Fund Inc Aka the Mercury News Wish Book Fun: received $25K on this topicSan Jose Mercury News Wish Book…$25KMercury One: received $8K on this topicMercury One$8KMercury One the Nazarene Fund: received $4K on this topicMercury One the Nazarene Fund$4KMercury One Inc-Maximum Impact Fund: received $2K on this topicMercury One Inc-Maximum Impact…$2K
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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 →