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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 “operatingunrestricted”

Where the money went

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The Brennan Family Charitable Trust → Marist High School: $27K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Brennan Family Charitable Trust → Cara Program: $13K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Brennan Family Charitable Trust → Marist Brothers: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Brennan Family Charitable Trust → Marquette Law School: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Brennan Family Charitable Trust → Irish American Partnership: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Brennan Family Charitable Trust → Bellarmine Jesuit Retreat House: $4K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Brennan Family Charitable Trust → St Alexander Church: $4K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Brennan Family Charitable Trust → Catholic Charities: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Brennan Family Charitable Trust → Pathlights: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Brennan Family Charitable Trust → Coach Roche Scholarship: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Brennan Family Charitable Trust → Paypal Charitable Giving Fund: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Brennan Family Charitable Trust: $68K on this topic. Open the funder.The Brennan Family Charitable…$68KMarist High School: received $27K on this topicMarist High School$27KCara Program: received $13K on this topicCara Program$13KMarist Brothers: received $5K on this topicMarist Brothers$5KMarquette Law School: received $5K on this topicMarquette Law School$5KIrish American Partnership: received $5K on this topicIrish American Partnership$5KBellarmine Jesuit Retreat House: received $4K on this topicBellarmine Jesuit Retreat House$4KSt Alexander Church: received $4K on this topicSt Alexander Church$4KCatholic Charities: received $3K on this topicCatholic Charities$3KPathlights: received $1K on this topicPathlights$1KCoach Roche Scholarship: received $1K on this topicCoach Roche Scholarship$1KPaypal Charitable Giving Fund: received $1K on this topicPaypal Charitable Giving Fund$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 →