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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.

3 funders with a record of paying for “purposeassist”

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The Mary T Laning Charitable Trust → The Margaret Winchester Center for the Blind: $31K across 4 grants, latest 2025The Fifth C Foundation → Innocence Project: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023Lennert Erickson Foundation → Douglas County Sheriff: $4K across 1 grant, latest 2023Lennert Erickson Foundation → Guitars for Vets: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Fifth C Foundation → Little Birthday Angels: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Mary T Laning Charitable Trust: $31K on this topic. Open the funder.The Mary T Laning Charitable…$31KThe Fifth C Foundation: $6K on this topic. Open the funder.The Fifth C Foundation$6KLennert Erickson Foundation: $5K on this topic. Open the funder.Lennert Erickson Foundation$5KThe Margaret Winchester Center for the Blind: received $31K on this topicThe Margaret Winchester Center…$31KInnocence Project: received $5K on this topicInnocence Project$5KDouglas County Sheriff: received $4K on this topicDouglas County Sheriff$4KGuitars for Vets: received $2K on this topicGuitars for Vets$2KLittle Birthday Angels: received $1K on this topicLittle Birthday Angels$1K
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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 →