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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 “mshda”

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Michigan State Bar Foundation → Lakeshore Legal Aidmetro: $14M across 4 grants, latest 2024Michigan State Bar Foundation → Legal Aid of Western Michigan: $4.3M across 4 grants, latest 2024Michigan State Bar Foundation → Michigan Advocacy Program (Lsscm): $3.5M across 4 grants, latest 2024Michigan State Bar Foundation → Michigan Legal Services: $2.2M across 4 grants, latest 2024Michigan State Bar Foundation → Legal Services of Eastern Michigan: $1.8M across 4 grants, latest 2024Michigan State Bar Foundation → Legal Services of Northern Michigan: $932K across 4 grants, latest 2024Michigan State Bar Foundation → Lakeshore Legal Aideasterncounsel and Advocacy Law Line: $455K across 2 grants, latest 2023Michigan State Bar Foundation → Lakeshore Legal Aidcounsel and Advocacy Law Line: $437K across 2 grants, latest 2024Michigan State Bar Foundation → Michigan Advocacy Programmichigan Poverty Law Program: $219K across 4 grants, latest 2024Michigan State Bar Foundation: $28M on this topic. Open the funder.Michigan State Bar Foundation$28MLakeshore Legal Aidmetro: received $14M on this topicLakeshore Legal Aidmetro$14MLegal Aid of Western Michigan: received $4.3M on this topicLegal Aid of Western Michigan$4.3MMichigan Advocacy Program (Lsscm): received $3.5M on this topicMichigan Advocacy Program (Lssc…$3.5MMichigan Legal Services: received $2.2M on this topicMichigan Legal Services$2.2MLegal Services of Eastern Michigan: received $1.8M on this topicLegal Services of Eastern Michi…$1.8MLegal Services of Northern Michigan: received $932K on this topicLegal Services of Northern Mich…$932KLakeshore Legal Aideasterncounsel and Advocacy Law Line: received $455K on this topicLakeshore Legal Aideasterncouns…$455KLakeshore Legal Aidcounsel and Advocacy Law Line: received $437K on this topicLakeshore Legal Aidcounsel and…$437KMichigan Advocacy Programmichigan Poverty Law Program: received $219K on this topicMichigan Advocacy Programmichig…$219K
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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 →