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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.

2 funders with a record of paying for “projectgrant”

Where the money went

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Ellis-Beauregard Foundation → Adnane Herman: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Guise-Weber Foundation Inc → Marysville Boy Scout Troop 180: $4K across 1 grant, latest 2024Ellis-Beauregard Foundation → Elaine K Ng: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024Ellis-Beauregard Foundation → Gabriella Sturchio: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2025Ellis-Beauregard Foundation → Olivia Spring: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023Ellis-Beauregard Foundation → Pamela Moulton: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023Ellis-Beauregard Foundation: $50K on this topic. Open the funder.Ellis-Beauregard Foundation$50KThe Guise-Weber Foundation Inc: $4K on this topic. Open the funder.The Guise-Weber Foundation Inc$4KAdnane Herman: received $10K on this topicAdnane Herman$10KElaine K Ng: received $10K on this topicElaine K Ng$10KGabriella Sturchio: received $10K on this topicGabriella Sturchio$10KOlivia Spring: received $10K on this topicOlivia Spring$10KPamela Moulton: received $10K on this topicPamela Moulton$10KMarysville Boy Scout Troop 180: received $4K on this topicMarysville Boy Scout Troop 180$4K
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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 →