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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 “puropse”

Where the money went

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Lenny Peters Foundation Inc → High Point Library Foundation: $90K across 1 grant, latest 2022Mallah Family Foundation Inc → The Fortune Society: $60K across 3 grants, latest 2024Warren Foundation → Ringling College: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024Nancy Pick Charitable Tr → Institute at Brown for Environment and Society: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2022The D&p Foundation Inc → Hancock Day School: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2024Lucille R Brown Foundation Inc → Jamie Wells: $5K across 2 grants, latest 2024Iordanis Spyropoulos Foundation → University of California: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2023Lenny Peters Foundation Inc: $90K on this topic. Open the funder.Lenny Peters Foundation Inc$90KMallah Family Foundation Inc: $60K on this topic. Open the funder.Mallah Family Foundation Inc$60KWarren Foundation: $10K on this topic. Open the funder.Warren Foundation$10KNancy Pick Charitable Tr: $5K on this topic. Open the funder.Nancy Pick Charitable Tr$5KThe D&p Foundation Inc: $5K on this topic. Open the funder.The D&p Foundation Inc$5KLucille R Brown Foundation Inc: $5K on this topic. Open the funder.Lucille R Brown Foundation Inc$5KIordanis Spyropoulos Foundation: $2K on this topic. Open the funder.Iordanis Spyropoulos Foundati…$2KHigh Point Library Foundation: received $90K on this topicHigh Point Library Foundation$90KThe Fortune Society: received $60K on this topicThe Fortune Society$60KRingling College: received $10K on this topicRingling College$10KInstitute at Brown for Environment and Society: received $5K on this topicInstitute at Brown for Environm…$5KHancock Day School: received $5K on this topicHancock Day School$5KJamie Wells: received $5K on this topicJamie Wells$5KUniversity of California: received $2K on this topicUniversity of California$2K
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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 →