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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.

7 funders with a record of paying for “publc”

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Snow Redfern Memorial Foundation → Panhandle Publc Health District: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2023Center for Entrepreneurship in → The Friends of the Uwi Development: $40K across 1 grant, latest 2023Fred R & Opal S Woosley Foundation → Bellarmine University: $40K across 2 grants, latest 2025Howard & Jeanne Karr Charitable Foundation → Youngstown Symphony Society: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Zachs Family Foundation Inc → The Hartford Foundation for Publc G: $19K across 1 grant, latest 2022West Virginia Highlands Conservancy Inc → Wv Environmental Council: $9K across 1 grant, latest 2023Hollowell Dawkins Foundation Inc → Library- Greenbrier County Publc: $6K across 3 grants, latest 2024Snow Redfern Memorial Foundation: $50K on this topic. Open the funder.Snow Redfern Memorial Foundat…$50KCenter for Entrepreneurship in: $40K on this topic. Open the funder.Center for Entrepreneurship in$40KFred R & Opal S Woosley Foundation: $40K on this topic. Open the funder.Fred R & Opal S Woosley Found…$40KHoward & Jeanne Karr Charitable Foundation: $25K on this topic. Open the funder.Howard & Jeanne Karr Charitab…$25KThe Zachs Family Foundation Inc: $19K on this topic. Open the funder.The Zachs Family Foundation I…$19KWest Virginia Highlands Conservancy Inc: $9K on this topic. Open the funder.West Virginia Highlands Conse…$9KHollowell Dawkins Foundation Inc: $6K on this topic. Open the funder.Hollowell Dawkins Foundation…$6KPanhandle Publc Health District: received $50K on this topicPanhandle Publc Health District$50KThe Friends of the Uwi Development: received $40K on this topicThe Friends of the Uwi Developm…$40KBellarmine University: received $40K on this topicBellarmine University$40KYoungstown Symphony Society: received $25K on this topicYoungstown Symphony Society$25KThe Hartford Foundation for Publc G: received $19K on this topicThe Hartford Foundation for Pub…$19KWv Environmental Council: received $9K on this topicWv Environmental Council$9KLibrary- Greenbrier County Publc: received $6K on this topicLibrary- Greenbrier County Publc$6K
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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 →