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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 “prograams”

Where the money went

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Freedom Church Alliance → The Landing: $16K across 1 grant, latest 2022Mcdermontt Fam Charitable Tr → Community Action Partnerships of Stratford County: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022Howard & Nell E Miller Foundat → Samaritan Counseling Ctr of: $10K across 2 grants, latest 2024Merrill Schneider Foundation → Parsa: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023Freedom Church Alliance: $16K on this topic. Open the funder.Freedom Church Alliance$16KMcdermontt Fam Charitable Tr: $10K on this topic. Open the funder.Mcdermontt Fam Charitable Tr$10KHoward & Nell E Miller Foundat: $10K on this topic. Open the funder.Howard & Nell E Miller Foundat$10KMerrill Schneider Foundation: $5K on this topic. Open the funder.Merrill Schneider Foundation$5KThe Landing: received $16K on this topicThe Landing$16KCommunity Action Partnerships of Stratford County: received $10K on this topicCommunity Action Partnerships o…$10KSamaritan Counseling Ctr of: received $10K on this topicSamaritan Counseling Ctr of$10KParsa: received $5K on this topicParsa$5K
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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 →