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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 “needist”

Where the money went

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The Us Charitable Gift Trust → 100 Needist Cases: $31K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Hawley Foundation for Children → Franklin Community Center: $12K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Hawley Foundation for Children → Wilton Recreation: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Hawley Foundation for Children → Lifeworks Community Action: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Hawley Foundation for Children → Snacpack Program: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Hawley Foundation for Children → Glens Falls Area Youth Center: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Hawley Foundation for Children → Captain Community Health Services: $4K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Hawley Foundation for Children → Catholic Charities: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Hawley Foundation for Children → Rebuilding Together Saratoga County: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Hawley Foundation for Children: $43K on this topic. Open the funder.The Hawley Foundation for Chi…$43KThe Us Charitable Gift Trust: $31K on this topic. Open the funder.The Us Charitable Gift Trust$31K100 Needist Cases: received $31K on this topic100 Needist Cases$31KFranklin Community Center: received $12K on this topicFranklin Community Center$12KWilton Recreation: received $6K on this topicWilton Recreation$6KLifeworks Community Action: received $6K on this topicLifeworks Community Action$6KSnacpack Program: received $5K on this topicSnacpack Program$5KGlens Falls Area Youth Center: received $5K on this topicGlens Falls Area Youth Center$5KCaptain Community Health Services: received $4K on this topicCaptain Community Health Servic…$4KCatholic Charities: received $3K on this topicCatholic Charities$3KRebuilding Together Saratoga County: received $3K on this topicRebuilding Together Saratoga Co…$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 →