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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 “ofelementary”

Where the money went

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Stanley Bruce Davis Foundation Inc → Lincoln Elementary School: $82K across 3 grants, latest 2024Stanley Bruce Davis Foundation Inc → Washington Elementary School: $75K across 3 grants, latest 2024Stanley Bruce Davis Foundation Inc → Pat Henry Elementary School: $71K across 3 grants, latest 2024Stanley Bruce Davis Foundation Inc → Cleveland Elementary School: $7K across 1 grant, latest 2024Stanley Bruce Davis Foundation Inc: $235K on this topic. Open the funder.Stanley Bruce Davis Foundatio…$235KLincoln Elementary School: received $82K on this topicLincoln Elementary School$82KWashington Elementary School: received $75K on this topicWashington Elementary School$75KPat Henry Elementary School: received $71K on this topicPat Henry Elementary School$71KCleveland Elementary School: received $7K on this topicCleveland Elementary School$7K
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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 →