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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 “operatiions”

Where the money went

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Ndh Foundation → Vassar Health Connecticut Inc: $1.4M across 1 grant, latest 2021Hastings Community Foundation Inc → Nebraska Wesleyan University - Advancement: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2024Jean Mr Smith Foundation → Huron County Imagination Library: $6K across 3 grants, latest 2024Sandra and John Oliver Family Found → Ruby Pardue Blackburn Adult Daycare: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2023Hastings Community Foundation Inc → Lutheran Church of the Good Shephard: $14K across 2 grants, latest 2024Hastings Community Foundation Inc → Kenesaw United Child Care Coalition: $12K across 2 grants, latest 2024Hastings Community Foundation Inc → Our Little Angels Inc: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2023Ndh Foundation: $1.4M on this topic. Open the funder.Ndh Foundation$1.4MHastings Community Foundation Inc: $59K on this topic. Open the funder.Hastings Community Foundation…$59KJean Mr Smith Foundation: $6K on this topic. Open the funder.Jean Mr Smith Foundation$6KSandra and John Oliver Family Found: $1K on this topic. Open the funder.Sandra and John Oliver Family…$1KVassar Health Connecticut Inc: received $1.4M on this topicVassar Health Connecticut Inc$1.4MNebraska Wesleyan University - Advancement: received $25K on this topicNebraska Wesleyan University -…$25KLutheran Church of the Good Shephard: received $14K on this topicLutheran Church of the Good She…$14KKenesaw United Child Care Coalition: received $12K on this topicKenesaw United Child Care Coali…$12KOur Little Angels Inc: received $8K on this topicOur Little Angels Inc$8KHuron County Imagination Library: received $6K on this topicHuron County Imagination Library$6KRuby Pardue Blackburn Adult Daycare: received $1K on this topicRuby Pardue Blackburn Adult Day…$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 →