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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.

12 funders with a record of paying for “operatins”

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Jack A Wilson Charitable Trust → Stiefel Theatre for the Performing Arts Foundation: $180K across 3 grants, latest 2024Lorene and Ben Maibach Foundation → YMCA of Metro Detroit: $150K across 2 grants, latest 2023John and Gwen Smart Foundation → Kqed: $105K across 2 grants, latest 2023Amvets Ladies National Auxiliary → Freedoms Foundation: $83K across 1 grant, latest 2021Pevehouse Family Foundation Inc → Museum of the Southwest: $60K across 2 grants, latest 2023Dorn Family Foundation → Cleveland Christian Home: $60K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Coeta and Donald Barker → Cathedral City Senior Center: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Strohm Link Family Foundation → Junior Achievement-Rocky Mountain Inc: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Miner Foundation → St George Children's Musuem: $40K across 4 grants, latest 2025James A and Faith Knight Foundation → Girls Group: $40K across 2 grants, latest 2024Ken W Davis Foundation → Gladney Center for Adoption: $35K across 3 grants, latest 2025Grace M Navarra T U A → Lighthouse for Blind Palm Beaches: $27K across 4 grants, latest 2025Amvets Ladies National Auxiliary → Paws With A Cause: $54K across 1 grant, latest 2021James A and Faith Knight Foundation → Student Advocacy Center of Michigan: $30K across 2 grants, latest 2024Dorn Family Foundation → The Centers: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2025The Strohm Link Family Foundation → Common Sense Institute: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2024Ken W Davis Foundation → Gladney Cener for Adoption: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022Amvets Ladies National Auxiliary → St Jude Children's: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2021The Strohm Link Family Foundation → Denver Center for the Performing Arts: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023Amvets Ladies National Auxiliary → John Tracy Clinic: $31K across 1 grant, latest 2021Amvets Ladies National Auxiliary: $218K on this topic. Open the funder.Amvets Ladies National Auxili…$218KJack A Wilson Charitable Trust: $180K on this topic. Open the funder.Jack A Wilson Charitable Trust$180KLorene and Ben Maibach Foundation: $150K on this topic. Open the funder.Lorene and Ben Maibach Founda…$150KJohn and Gwen Smart Foundation: $105K on this topic. Open the funder.John and Gwen Smart Foundation$105KDorn Family Foundation: $85K on this topic. Open the funder.Dorn Family Foundation$85KThe Strohm Link Family Foundation: $85K on this topic. Open the funder.The Strohm Link Family Founda…$85KJames A and Faith Knight Foundation: $70K on this topic. Open the funder.James A and Faith Knight Foun…$70KPevehouse Family Foundation Inc: $60K on this topic. Open the funder.Pevehouse Family Foundation I…$60KThe Coeta and Donald Barker: $50K on this topic. Open the funder.The Coeta and Donald Barker$50KKen W Davis Foundation: $45K on this topic. Open the funder.Ken W Davis Foundation$45KThe Miner Foundation: $40K on this topic. Open the funder.The Miner Foundation$40KGrace M Navarra T U A: $27K on this topic. Open the funder.Grace M Navarra T U A$27KStiefel Theatre for the Performing Arts Foundation: received $180K on this topicStiefel Theatre for the Perform…$180KYMCA of Metro Detroit: received $150K on this topicYMCA of Metro Detroit$150KKqed: received $105K on this topicKqed$105KFreedoms Foundation: received $83K on this topicFreedoms Foundation$83KMuseum of the Southwest: received $60K on this topicMuseum of the Southwest$60KCleveland Christian Home: received $60K on this topicCleveland Christian Home$60KPaws With A Cause: received $54K on this topicPaws With A Cause$54KSt Jude Children's: received $50K on this topicSt Jude Children's$50KCathedral City Senior Center: received $50K on this topicCathedral City Senior Center$50KJunior Achievement-Rocky Mountain Inc: received $50K on this topicJunior Achievement-Rocky Mounta…$50KSt George Children's Musuem: received $40K on this topicSt George Children's Musuem$40KGirls Group: received $40K on this topicGirls Group$40KGladney Center for Adoption: received $35K on this topicGladney Center for Adoption$35KJohn Tracy Clinic: received $31K on this topicJohn Tracy Clinic$31KStudent Advocacy Center of Michigan: received $30K on this topicStudent Advocacy Center of Mich…$30KLighthouse for Blind Palm Beaches: received $27K on this topicLighthouse for Blind Palm Beach…$27KThe Centers: received $25K on this topicThe Centers$25KCommon Sense Institute: received $25K on this topicCommon Sense Institute$25KGladney Cener for Adoption: received $10K on this topicGladney Cener for Adoption$10KDenver Center for the Performing Arts: received $10K on this topicDenver Center for the Performin…$10K
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. 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 →