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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.

3 funders with a record of paying for “ministrty”

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Second Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Tn → Northern Greene Co Ministries - United in Love Ministrties: $18K across 2 grants, latest 2022Cecil B Day Foundation Inc → Praxis Cfenter for Church Development: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2024Jfa Foundation → St Paul's United Methodist Church: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2025Second Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Tn: $18K on this topic. Open the funder.Second Harvest Food Bank of N…$18KCecil B Day Foundation Inc: $8K on this topic. Open the funder.Cecil B Day Foundation Inc$8KJfa Foundation: $3K on this topic. Open the funder.Jfa Foundation$3KNorthern Greene Co Ministries - United in Love Ministrties: received $18K on this topicNorthern Greene Co Ministries -…$18KPraxis Cfenter for Church Development: received $8K on this topicPraxis Cfenter for Church Devel…$8KSt Paul's United Methodist Church: received $3K on this topicSt Paul's United Methodist Chur…$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 →