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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.

4 funders with a record of paying for “neep”

Where the money went

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Rotary Club of Milwaukee Community Trust → Urban Ecology Center: $60K across 4 grants, latest 2024Barr Foundation → (600) Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships Inc: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2024Green Bay Packers Foundation → Urban Ecology Center: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2021Generac Foundation Inc → Urban Ecology Center Inc: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2024Rotary Club of Milwaukee Community Trust: $60K on this topic. Open the funder.Rotary Club of Milwaukee Comm…$60KBarr Foundation: $5K on this topic. Open the funder.Barr Foundation$5KGreen Bay Packers Foundation: $5K on this topic. Open the funder.Green Bay Packers Foundation$5KGenerac Foundation Inc: $5K on this topic. Open the funder.Generac Foundation Inc$5KUrban Ecology Center: received $65K on this topicUrban Ecology Center$65K(600) Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships Inc: received $5K on this topic(600) Northeast Energy Efficien…$5KUrban Ecology Center Inc: received $5K on this topicUrban Ecology Center Inc$5K
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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 →