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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 “polycrisis”

Where the money went

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V Kann Rasmussen Foundation → Global Ecovillage Network International: $548K across 2 grants, latest 2023V Kann Rasmussen Foundation → Northeastern University: $433K across 2 grants, latest 2023V Kann Rasmussen Foundation → University of Exeter Global Systems Institute: $399K across 1 grant, latest 2023V Kann Rasmussen Foundation → Focus On the Global South: $291K across 1 grant, latest 2022V Kann Rasmussen Foundation → Royal Roads University: $140K across 1 grant, latest 2022V Kann Rasmussen Foundation: $1.8M on this topic. Open the funder.V Kann Rasmussen Foundation$1.8MGlobal Ecovillage Network International: received $548K on this topicGlobal Ecovillage Network Inter…$548KNortheastern University: received $433K on this topicNortheastern University$433KUniversity of Exeter Global Systems Institute: received $399K on this topicUniversity of Exeter Global Sys…$399KFocus On the Global South: received $291K on this topicFocus On the Global South$291KRoyal Roads University: received $140K on this topicRoyal Roads University$140K
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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 →