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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 “opersting”

Where the money went

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Sherman Family Foundation → The Y of Central Maryland Inc: $2.2M across 3 grants, latest 2024Turek Charitable Trust → Vision Forward: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2023Edward T Cone Foundation → People & Storiesgente Y Cuentos: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2022Pyar Fatima Karim Foundation → Happy Home Trust: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2022Sherman Family Foundation: $2.2M on this topic. Open the funder.Sherman Family Foundation$2.2MTurek Charitable Trust: $6K on this topic. Open the funder.Turek Charitable Trust$6KEdward T Cone Foundation: $5K on this topic. Open the funder.Edward T Cone Foundation$5KPyar Fatima Karim Foundation: $2K on this topic. Open the funder.Pyar Fatima Karim Foundation$2KThe Y of Central Maryland Inc: received $2.2M on this topicThe Y of Central Maryland Inc$2.2MVision Forward: received $6K on this topicVision Forward$6KPeople & Storiesgente Y Cuentos: received $5K on this topicPeople & Storiesgente Y Cuentos$5KHappy Home Trust: received $2K on this topicHappy Home Trust$2K
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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 →