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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 “planninggrassroots”

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The Commonwealth Institute for → Real Chances Inc: $55K across 2 grants, latest 2023The Commonwealth Institute for → Cospu: $29K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Commonwealth Institute for → Afrikana Institute: $29K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Commonwealth Institute for → I Vote for Me: $29K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Commonwealth Institute for → Keeping Us Secure & Prosperous: $29K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Commonwealth Institute for → Nolefturns: $29K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Commonwealth Institute for → We R Me Foundation: $29K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Commonwealth Institute for → Hebron Va Inc: $29K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Commonwealth Institute for → Failsafeera: $16K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Commonwealth Institute for → Humble Hustle: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Commonwealth Institute for → Failsafe-Era: $14K across 2 grants, latest 2023The Commonwealth Institute for → Code Virginia: $14K across 2 grants, latest 2023The Commonwealth Institute for: $314K on this topic. Open the funder.The Commonwealth Institute for$314KReal Chances Inc: received $55K on this topicReal Chances Inc$55KCospu: received $29K on this topicCospu$29KAfrikana Institute: received $29K on this topicAfrikana Institute$29KI Vote for Me: received $29K on this topicI Vote for Me$29KKeeping Us Secure & Prosperous: received $29K on this topicKeeping Us Secure & Prosperous$29KNolefturns: received $29K on this topicNolefturns$29KWe R Me Foundation: received $29K on this topicWe R Me Foundation$29KHebron Va Inc: received $29K on this topicHebron Va Inc$29KFailsafeera: received $16K on this topicFailsafeera$16KHumble Hustle: received $15K on this topicHumble Hustle$15KFailsafe-Era: received $14K on this topicFailsafe-Era$14KCode Virginia: received $14K on this topicCode Virginia$14K
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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 →