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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 “operataing”

Where the money went

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Mandan Baseball Club Inc → Saint Joseph Church School: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2024Todd and Mary Heistand Family → Amigos of Costa Rica: $59K across 2 grants, latest 2023Kershaw Foundation → Cancer for College: $11K across 1 grant, latest 2022Mandan Baseball Club Inc → Mps Foundation: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2024Mandan Baseball Club Inc → Mandan Touchdown Club: $22K across 1 grant, latest 2024Mandan Baseball Club Inc → Mandan Tennis Center: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2024Mandan Baseball Club Inc → USA Patriots Veteran Athletics: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024Mandan Baseball Club Inc → Nd Safety Council: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024Mandan Baseball Club Inc → United Tribes Technical College: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024Mandan Baseball Club Inc → Chi Health at Home: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024Mandan Baseball Club Inc → Bismarck Mandan Chamber: $9K across 1 grant, latest 2024Mandan Baseball Club Inc → Mandan Firefighters Association: $7K across 1 grant, latest 2024Mandan Baseball Club Inc → Brave the Shave: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2024Mandan Baseball Club Inc → Operations Cigars for Warriors: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2024Mandan Baseball Club Inc → Larks Community Fund: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2024Mandan Baseball Club Inc: $239K on this topic. Open the funder.Mandan Baseball Club Inc$239KTodd and Mary Heistand Family: $59K on this topic. Open the funder.Todd and Mary Heistand Family$59KKershaw Foundation: $11K on this topic. Open the funder.Kershaw Foundation$11KSaint Joseph Church School: received $100K on this topicSaint Joseph Church School$100KAmigos of Costa Rica: received $59K on this topicAmigos of Costa Rica$59KMps Foundation: received $30K on this topicMps Foundation$30KMandan Touchdown Club: received $22K on this topicMandan Touchdown Club$22KMandan Tennis Center: received $15K on this topicMandan Tennis Center$15KCancer for College: received $11K on this topicCancer for College$11KUSA Patriots Veteran Athletics: received $10K on this topicUSA Patriots Veteran Athletics$10KNd Safety Council: received $10K on this topicNd Safety Council$10KUnited Tribes Technical College: received $10K on this topicUnited Tribes Technical College$10KChi Health at Home: received $10K on this topicChi Health at Home$10KBismarck Mandan Chamber: received $9K on this topicBismarck Mandan Chamber$9KMandan Firefighters Association: received $7K on this topicMandan Firefighters Association$7KBrave the Shave: received $6K on this topicBrave the Shave$6KOperations Cigars for Warriors: received $5K on this topicOperations Cigars for Warriors$5KLarks Community Fund: received $5K on this topicLarks Community Fund$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 →