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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.

4 funders with a record of paying for “porposes”

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The Farber Foundation → Joplin Regional Medical Shcool Alli: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2023Danford Foundation → One Life Counseling Center: $49K across 4 grants, latest 2024The Winthrop H Smith Jr → Protect Our Winters: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2022Lionheart Foundation → Envision Mineral Wells: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Winthrop H Smith Jr → Northern Forest: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Winthrop H Smith Jr → Vt Professionals of Color Network: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Winthrop H Smith Jr → Vt Afghan Alliance: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Winthrop H Smith Jr → Vermont Public: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Winthrop H Smith Jr → Mad River Valley Arts Council: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Winthrop H Smith Jr → New Learning Journey: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Winthrop H Smith Jr → Charles Vale Foundation: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Farber Foundation: $200K on this topic. Open the funder.The Farber Foundation$200KDanford Foundation: $49K on this topic. Open the funder.Danford Foundation$49KThe Winthrop H Smith Jr: $42K on this topic. Open the funder.The Winthrop H Smith Jr$42KLionheart Foundation: $3K on this topic. Open the funder.Lionheart Foundation$3KJoplin Regional Medical Shcool Alli: received $200K on this topicJoplin Regional Medical Shcool…$200KOne Life Counseling Center: received $49K on this topicOne Life Counseling Center$49KProtect Our Winters: received $15K on this topicProtect Our Winters$15KNorthern Forest: received $10K on this topicNorthern Forest$10KVt Professionals of Color Network: received $5K on this topicVt Professionals of Color Netwo…$5KVt Afghan Alliance: received $5K on this topicVt Afghan Alliance$5KEnvision Mineral Wells: received $3K on this topicEnvision Mineral Wells$3KVermont Public: received $2K on this topicVermont Public$2KMad River Valley Arts Council: received $2K on this topicMad River Valley Arts Council$2KNew Learning Journey: received $2K on this topicNew Learning Journey$2KCharles Vale Foundation: received $1K on this topicCharles Vale Foundation$1K
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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 →