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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.

3 funders with a record of paying for “oflocal”

Where the money went

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Leo D Ring Charitable Trust → Community Memorial Hosp Foundation: $7K across 3 grants, latest 2024R L & Elsa Helvering Estate Trust → Marshall County Arts Cooperative: $4K across 1 grant, latest 2022Choo Family Charitable Foundation → Plant Chicago: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2022Leo D Ring Charitable Trust → Helping Hands Food Pantry: $7K across 3 grants, latest 2024Leo D Ring Charitable Trust → Marysville Public Library: $4K across 3 grants, latest 2024Leo D Ring Charitable Trust: $18K on this topic. Open the funder.Leo D Ring Charitable Trust$18KR L & Elsa Helvering Estate Trust: $4K on this topic. Open the funder.R L & Elsa Helvering Estate T…$4KChoo Family Charitable Foundation: $2K on this topic. Open the funder.Choo Family Charitable Founda…$2KCommunity Memorial Hosp Foundation: received $7K on this topicCommunity Memorial Hosp Foundat…$7KHelping Hands Food Pantry: received $7K on this topicHelping Hands Food Pantry$7KMarysville Public Library: received $4K on this topicMarysville Public Library$4KMarshall County Arts Cooperative: received $4K on this topicMarshall County Arts Cooperative$4KPlant Chicago: received $2K on this topicPlant Chicago$2K
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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 →