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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 “pegasi”

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The Heising-Simons Foundation → Regents of the University of California Santa Cruz: $1.3M across 11 grants, latest 2024The Heising-Simons Foundation → California Institute of Technology: $1.0M across 8 grants, latest 2024The Heising-Simons Foundation → University of Chicago: $991K across 8 grants, latest 2024The Heising-Simons Foundation → Massachusetts Institute of Technology: $877K across 10 grants, latest 2024The Heising-Simons Foundation → Cornell University: $785K across 6 grants, latest 2024The Heising-Simons Foundation → Regents of the University of California at Berkeley: $624K across 5 grants, latest 2024The Heising-Simons Foundation → Regents of the University of Michigan: $533K across 4 grants, latest 2024The Heising-Simons Foundation → President and Fellows of Harvard College: $510K across 4 grants, latest 2024The Heising-Simons Foundation → Arizona Board of Regents University of Arizona: $491K across 5 grants, latest 2024The Heising-Simons Foundation → University of Texas at Austin: $377K across 3 grants, latest 2023The Heising-Simons Foundation → Arizona State University Foundation for A New American University: $279K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Heising-Simons Foundation → Trustees of Princeton University: $276K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Heising-Simons Foundation → Yale University: $147K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Heising-Simons Foundation → The Regents of the University of California Los Angeles: $145K across 2 grants, latest 2023The Heising-Simons Foundation → Johns Hopkins University: $131K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Heising-Simons Foundation: $8.5M on this topic. Open the funder.The Heising-Simons Foundation$8.5MRegents of the University of California Santa Cruz: received $1.3M on this topicRegents of the University of Ca…$1.3MCalifornia Institute of Technology: received $1.0M on this topicCalifornia Institute of Technol…$1.0MUniversity of Chicago: received $991K on this topicUniversity of Chicago$991KMassachusetts Institute of Technology: received $877K on this topicMassachusetts Institute of Tech…$877KCornell University: received $785K on this topicCornell University$785KRegents of the University of California at Berkeley: received $624K on this topicRegents of the University of Ca…$624KRegents of the University of Michigan: received $533K on this topicRegents of the University of Mi…$533KPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: received $510K on this topicPresident and Fellows of Harvar…$510KArizona Board of Regents University of Arizona: received $491K on this topicArizona Board of Regents Univer…$491KUniversity of Texas at Austin: received $377K on this topicUniversity of Texas at Austin$377KArizona State University Foundation for A New American University: received $279K on this topicArizona State University Founda…$279KTrustees of Princeton University: received $276K on this topicTrustees of Princeton University$276KYale University: received $147K on this topicYale University$147KThe Regents of the University of California Los Angeles: received $145K on this topicThe Regents of the University o…$145KJohns Hopkins University: received $131K on this topicJohns Hopkins University$131K
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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 →