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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 “operrating”

Where the money went

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The Dehaemers Family Charitable Trust → Vitae Caring Foundation: $110K across 2 grants, latest 2024Landrum Family Foundation Inc → Center for Independent Living: $2K across 2 grants, latest 2023Leo E and Helen H Reese Trust → Ml4 Foundation: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2024Brzezicki Family Foundation → New England Public Media: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2024Landrum Family Foundation Inc → American National Red Cross: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Dehaemers Family Charitable Trust: $110K on this topic. Open the funder.The Dehaemers Family Charitab…$110KLandrum Family Foundation Inc: $3K on this topic. Open the funder.Landrum Family Foundation Inc$3KLeo E and Helen H Reese Trust: $1K on this topic. Open the funder.Leo E and Helen H Reese Trust$1KBrzezicki Family Foundation: $1K on this topic. Open the funder.Brzezicki Family Foundation$1KVitae Caring Foundation: received $110K on this topicVitae Caring Foundation$110KCenter for Independent Living: received $2K on this topicCenter for Independent Living$2KMl4 Foundation: received $1K on this topicMl4 Foundation$1KNew England Public Media: received $1K on this topicNew England Public Media$1KAmerican National Red Cross: received $1K on this topicAmerican National Red Cross$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 →