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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.

6 funders with a record of paying for “operaions”

Where the money went

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Deerbrook Charitable Trust → Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: $11M across 1 grant, latest 2022Ken W Davis Foundation → Family Promise of Odessa: $40K across 3 grants, latest 2024Morris Charitable Trust → Holy Trinity Catholic Church: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2022Donald & Carol Roberts Foundation in → Young Families Early Head Start: $4K across 3 grants, latest 2024Kohl Family Foundation → Arizona Arts Live: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2025Mary K and Daniel M Kelly Family → St John's Parish Partners: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2025Deerbrook Charitable Trust: $11M on this topic. Open the funder.Deerbrook Charitable Trust$11MKen W Davis Foundation: $40K on this topic. Open the funder.Ken W Davis Foundation$40KMorris Charitable Trust: $5K on this topic. Open the funder.Morris Charitable Trust$5KDonald & Carol Roberts Foundation in: $4K on this topic. Open the funder.Donald & Carol Roberts Founda…$4KKohl Family Foundation: $3K on this topic. Open the funder.Kohl Family Foundation$3KMary K and Daniel M Kelly Family: $1K on this topic. Open the funder.Mary K and Daniel M Kelly Fam…$1KWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution: received $11M on this topicWoods Hole Oceanographic Instit…$11MFamily Promise of Odessa: received $40K on this topicFamily Promise of Odessa$40KHoly Trinity Catholic Church: received $5K on this topicHoly Trinity Catholic Church$5KYoung Families Early Head Start: received $4K on this topicYoung Families Early Head Start$4KArizona Arts Live: received $3K on this topicArizona Arts Live$3KSt John's Parish Partners: received $1K on this topicSt John's Parish Partners$1K
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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 →