Funding search
Find who already funds work like yours.
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 “patricia”
Where the money went
Largest: $6,100 to AIDEN FLEMING BY PATRICIA FLEMING — unrestricted and restricted contribution
Largest: $15,000 to YEE PATRICIA — fellowship stipend
Largest: $3,000 to PATRICIA BRINKLEY — natural disaster recovery
Greater Cedar Rapids CommunityCedar Rapids, IACharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $112,100 · through 2024Largest: $13,300 to UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA — 2022 merveaux academic excellence, 2022 washington alumni scholarship, 2022 outstanding student leader scholarship, 2022 kenneth and charlotte brown scholarship, 2022 stephen bonfi…
Largest: $23,107 to PATRICIA SANCHEZ RAMIREZ — educational scholarship
Largest: $14,500 to UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY — henry a. and patricia m. nikol endowed scholarship - 3rd of 7 payments towards $100,000 pledge
Largest: $300,000 to DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY — john a. staley, iv and patricia d. staley endowed scholarship
Will Rogers Motion PictureBurbank, CACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $40,000 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to FORT SANDERS FDN PATRICIA NEAL REHAB CTR — medical research fellowship
Largest: $152,500 to PHILLIP AND PATRICIA FROST MUSEUM OF SCIENCE — inspires and connects people of all ages and backgrounds to enjoy science and technology, and to better understand ourselves and our world
Ers Charitable FundPottersville, NJ
3 matching grants · $120,000 · through 2025Largest: $50,000 to RARITAN VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE - RVCC FOUNDATION — the patricia critelli scholarship fund/norman somer scholarship fund/ future scholarship funds
Largest: $35,000 to COMPASSIONATE HOPE — funding for operating expenses for the patricia b. hammonds homes of hope and a security fence for the patricia b. hammonds ii moses homes of hope.
Largest: $50,000 to DEPAUL UNIVERSITY — scholarships in honor of patricia parson
This is one keyword. PaperOrbit reads your actual paper and searches on everything in it — population, methods, outcomes — then explains why each funder fits.
Start with one paperSearch by location
Local foundations often favor nearby communities. Enter a ZIP code to see foundations based near you, and where grant money has actually landed in your area.
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 →

