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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.

5 funders with a record of paying for “purpoase”

Where the money went

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Kings Bridge Foundation → Fidelity Charitable: $613K across 4 grants, latest 2025The Thomas Tilford Family Foundation → Buzzys Bees: $14K across 1 grant, latest 2022J & J Foundation → Pgm: $8K across 2 grants, latest 2023Martha Marshall Dykes Family Foundation → Southern Methodist University: $8K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Emss Foundation Inc → United States Holocaust Museum: $5K across 2 grants, latest 2023Kings Bridge Foundation: $613K on this topic. Open the funder.Kings Bridge Foundation$613KThe Thomas Tilford Family Foundation: $14K on this topic. Open the funder.The Thomas Tilford Family Fou…$14KJ & J Foundation: $8K on this topic. Open the funder.J & J Foundation$8KMartha Marshall Dykes Family Foundation: $8K on this topic. Open the funder.Martha Marshall Dykes Family…$8KThe Emss Foundation Inc: $5K on this topic. Open the funder.The Emss Foundation Inc$5KFidelity Charitable: received $613K on this topicFidelity Charitable$613KBuzzys Bees: received $14K on this topicBuzzys Bees$14KPgm: received $8K on this topicPgm$8KSouthern Methodist University: received $8K on this topicSouthern Methodist University$8KUnited States Holocaust Museum: received $5K on this topicUnited States Holocaust Museum$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 →