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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.
Foundation based inAny state AL AK AZ AR CA CO CT DE DC FL GA HI ID IL IN IA KS KY LA ME MD MA MI MN MS MO MT NE NV NH NJ NM NY NC ND OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN TX UT VT VA WA WV WI WY PR VI Gave to recipients inAny state AL AK AZ AR CA CO CT DE DC FL GA HI ID IL IN IA KS KY LA ME MD MA MI MN MS MO MT NE NV NH NJ NM NY NC ND OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN TX UT VT VA WA WV WI WY PR VI Funder typeBoth Private foundations Charities & associations Grants of at leastAny size $10k $50k $100k Active sinceAny year 2023 or later 2024 or later
12 funders with a record of paying for “payoff”
Where the money went The Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Seattle (6871) → Nexus Youth & Families: $1.7M across 1 grant, latest 2024 Purchase Housing Corporation II → Purchase College Foundation Housing Corporation I: $750K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Timken Foundation of Canton → Habitat for Humanity East Central Ohio Inc: $600K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Lawrence E Tokarski Charitable Trust → Children's Center: $460K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Donors Trust Inc → Crown of Life Lutheran Church - Michigan: $292K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Dew Foundation → American Museum of Ceramic Art: $230K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Credence Foundation → Luis Del Cid: $181K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Bernard E and Alyce G Dahlin Foundation → New Zoological Society: $120K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Abide Foundation Inc → Derek & Amanda Favreau: $63K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Religion to Relationship Inc → Chris Mccaulley: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Lemert Ranch Trust → The Educational Foundation of Alpha: $11K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Tuggle Construction Foundation Inc → Carroll County Board of Education: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Abide Foundation Inc → Derek Amanda Favreau: $63K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Credence Foundation → Priscilla De La Cruz: $43K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Religion to Relationship Inc → Tracy Cowan: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Tuggle Construction Foundation Inc → Huddleston Elementary School: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Tuggle Construction Foundation Inc → Inman Elementary School: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Tuggle Construction Foundation Inc → North Fayette Elementary School: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Tuggle Construction Foundation Inc → Sara Harp Minter Elementary School: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Tuggle Construction Foundation Inc → Spring Hill Elementary: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2025 The Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Seattle (6871): $1.7M on this topic. Open the funder. The Young Men's Christian Ass… $1.7M Purchase Housing Corporation II: $750K on this topic. Open the funder. Purchase Housing Corporation… $750K Timken Foundation of Canton: $600K on this topic. Open the funder. Timken Foundation of Canton $600K Lawrence E Tokarski Charitable Trust: $460K on this topic. Open the funder. Lawrence E Tokarski Charitabl… $460K Donors Trust Inc: $292K on this topic. Open the funder. Donors Trust Inc $292K Dew Foundation: $230K on this topic. Open the funder. Dew Foundation $230K The Credence Foundation: $224K on this topic. Open the funder. The Credence Foundation $224K Abide Foundation Inc: $125K on this topic. Open the funder. Abide Foundation Inc $125K Bernard E and Alyce G Dahlin Foundation: $120K on this topic. Open the funder. Bernard E and Alyce G Dahlin… $120K Religion to Relationship Inc: $50K on this topic. Open the funder. Religion to Relationship Inc $50K Lemert Ranch Trust: $11K on this topic. Open the funder. Lemert Ranch Trust $11K Tuggle Construction Foundation Inc: $10K on this topic. Open the funder. Tuggle Construction Foundatio… $10K Nexus Youth & Families: received $1.7M on this topic Nexus Youth & Families $1.7M Purchase College Foundation Housing Corporation I: received $750K on this topic Purchase College Foundation Hou… $750K Habitat for Humanity East Central Ohio Inc: received $600K on this topic Habitat for Humanity East Centr… $600K Children's Center: received $460K on this topic Children's Center $460K Crown of Life Lutheran Church - Michigan: received $292K on this topic Crown of Life Lutheran Church -… $292K American Museum of Ceramic Art: received $230K on this topic American Museum of Ceramic Art $230K Luis Del Cid: received $181K on this topic Luis Del Cid $181K New Zoological Society: received $120K on this topic New Zoological Society $120K Derek & Amanda Favreau: received $63K on this topic Derek & Amanda Favreau $63K Derek Amanda Favreau: received $63K on this topic Derek Amanda Favreau $63K Priscilla De La Cruz: received $43K on this topic Priscilla De La Cruz $43K Chris Mccaulley: received $30K on this topic Chris Mccaulley $30K Tracy Cowan: received $20K on this topic Tracy Cowan $20K The Educational Foundation of Alpha: received $11K on this topic The Educational Foundation of A… $11K Carroll County Board of Education: received $5K on this topic Carroll County Board of Educati… $5K Huddleston Elementary School: received $1K on this topic Huddleston Elementary School $1K Inman Elementary School: received $1K on this topic Inman Elementary School $1K North Fayette Elementary School: received $1K on this topic North Fayette Elementary School $1K Sara Harp Minter Elementary School: received $1K on this topic Sara Harp Minter Elementary Sch… $1K Spring Hill Elementary: received $1K on this topic Spring Hill Elementary $1K 12 funders, 20 recipients, grants matching “payoff” only. Ribbon width is proportional to the total given; each funder has its own colour (smaller funders in gray). Hover a name to isolate its flows, click a funder to open it. Drag to move around; zoom with the buttons, a double-click, or the wheel after clicking the map. Largest: $35,000 to NEW ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY — to be applied towards payoff of debt on the cornerstone animal hospital
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Largest: $5,000 to CARROLL COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION — assist with payoff of school lunch balances
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Largest: $181,320 to LUIS DEL CID — payments for utilities, car, car insurance, and home mortgage payoff
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Largest: $62,500 to DEREK AMANDA FAVREAU — hardship gift - payoff student debt
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Largest: $5,712 to THE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION OF ALPHA — payoff mortgage & scholarships
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Largest: $30,003 to CHRIS MCCAULLEY — widow, payoff truck
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Largest: $1.7M to Nexus Youth & Families — payoff of bank loans.
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Largest: $750,000 to PURCHASE COLLEGE FOUNDATION HOUSING CORPORATION I — grant to hci - for debt service payoff
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Largest: $292,000 to Crown of Life Lutheran Church - Michigan — for the church extension fund payoff balance
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Largest: $230,000 to AMERICAN MUSEUM OF CERAMIC ART — mortgage payoff campaign and general operating support
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Largest: $600,000 to HABITAT FOR HUMANITY EAST CENTRAL OHIO INC — mortgage payoff
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Largest: $460,000 to CHILDREN'S CENTER — mortgage payoff
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