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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 “organizationsexempt”

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Sheldon Shapiro Charitable Foundation → Dc Student Construction Trades Foundation: $13K across 2 grants, latest 2025Sheldon Shapiro Charitable Foundation → Asa Metro Washington: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2025Sheldon Shapiro Charitable Foundation → Ace Mentor Program - Greater Washington: $6K across 2 grants, latest 2025Sheldon Shapiro Charitable Foundation → Phcc Education Foundation: $5K across 2 grants, latest 2025Sheldon Shapiro Charitable Foundation → Temple Isaiah: $4K across 2 grants, latest 2025Sheldon Shapiro Charitable Foundation → Beth Israel Congregation: $4K across 2 grants, latest 2025Sheldon Shapiro Charitable Foundation → Chabad of Upper Montgomery County: $4K across 2 grants, latest 2025Sheldon Shapiro Charitable Foundation → Congregation B'nai Tzedek: $4K across 2 grants, latest 2025Sheldon Shapiro Charitable Foundation → Ace Mentor Program - Annapolis: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2024Sheldon Shapiro Charitable Foundation: $46K on this topic. Open the funder.Sheldon Shapiro Charitable Fo…$46KDc Student Construction Trades Foundation: received $13K on this topicDc Student Construction Trades…$13KAsa Metro Washington: received $8K on this topicAsa Metro Washington$8KAce Mentor Program - Greater Washington: received $6K on this topicAce Mentor Program - Greater Wa…$6KPhcc Education Foundation: received $5K on this topicPhcc Education Foundation$5KTemple Isaiah: received $4K on this topicTemple Isaiah$4KBeth Israel Congregation: received $4K on this topicBeth Israel Congregation$4KChabad of Upper Montgomery County: received $4K on this topicChabad of Upper Montgomery Coun…$4KCongregation B'nai Tzedek: received $4K on this topicCongregation B'nai Tzedek$4KAce Mentor Program - Annapolis: received $1K on this topicAce Mentor Program - Annapolis$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 →