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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.

2 funders with a record of paying for “ncprek”

Where the money went

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Smart Start of Brunswick County Inc → Excel: $634K across 1 grant, latest 2022Franklin Granville Vance → Dream World Academy: $126K across 1 grant, latest 2022Smart Start of Brunswick County Inc → Tiny Tots Child Care LLC: $185K across 1 grant, latest 2022Smart Start of Brunswick County Inc → Kids Connection LLC: $181K across 1 grant, latest 2022Smart Start of Brunswick County Inc → For Kids Only CDC: $127K across 1 grant, latest 2022Smart Start of Brunswick County Inc → Childcare Network 84: $125K across 1 grant, latest 2022Smart Start of Brunswick County Inc → Childcare Network 85: $122K across 1 grant, latest 2022Smart Start of Brunswick County Inc → Earth Angels Educational Center: $110K across 1 grant, latest 2022Smart Start of Brunswick County Inc: $1.5M on this topic. Open the funder.Smart Start of Brunswick Coun…$1.5MFranklin Granville Vance: $126K on this topic. Open the funder.Franklin Granville Vance$126KExcel: received $634K on this topicExcel$634KTiny Tots Child Care LLC: received $185K on this topicTiny Tots Child Care LLC$185KKids Connection LLC: received $181K on this topicKids Connection LLC$181KFor Kids Only CDC: received $127K on this topicFor Kids Only CDC$127KDream World Academy: received $126K on this topicDream World Academy$126KChildcare Network 84: received $125K on this topicChildcare Network 84$125KChildcare Network 85: received $122K on this topicChildcare Network 85$122KEarth Angels Educational Center: received $110K on this topicEarth Angels Educational Center$110K
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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 →