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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 “purposefund”

Where the money went

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Alliance for Safety and Justice → Newark Community Street Team: $77K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Mcswain Trust → Lee County Community Orchestra: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2025Alliance for Safety and Justice → Michigan Justice Fund-Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan: $70K across 1 grant, latest 2024Alliance for Safety and Justice → Empact Community Organization: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2024Alliance for Safety and Justice → Boys to Men Tucson: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2024Alliance for Safety and Justice → Flowers and Bullets: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2024Alliance for Safety and Justice → Independent Arts and Media: $12K across 1 grant, latest 2024Alliance for Safety and Justice → Essie Justice: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024Alliance for Safety and Justice → Starting Over Inc: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024Alliance for Safety and Justice → Baitulmal America Inc: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2024Alliance for Safety and Justice: $229K on this topic. Open the funder.Alliance for Safety and Justi…$229KThe Mcswain Trust: $6K on this topic. Open the funder.The Mcswain Trust$6KNewark Community Street Team: received $77K on this topicNewark Community Street Team$77KMichigan Justice Fund-Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan: received $70K on this topicMichigan Justice Fund-Community…$70KEmpact Community Organization: received $15K on this topicEmpact Community Organization$15KBoys to Men Tucson: received $15K on this topicBoys to Men Tucson$15KFlowers and Bullets: received $15K on this topicFlowers and Bullets$15KIndependent Arts and Media: received $12K on this topicIndependent Arts and Media$12KEssie Justice: received $10K on this topicEssie Justice$10KStarting Over Inc: received $10K on this topicStarting Over Inc$10KLee County Community Orchestra: received $6K on this topicLee County Community Orchestra$6KBaitulmal America Inc: received $6K on this topicBaitulmal America Inc$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 →