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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.

Foundation based inGave to recipients inFunder typeGrants of at leastActive since

7 funders with a record of paying for “purposeof”

Where the money went

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7 funders, 64 recipients, grants matching “purposeof” only. Ribbon width is proportional to the total given; each funder has its own colour. Hover a name to isolate its flows, click a funder to open it. Drag to move around; zoom with the buttons, a double-click, or the wheel after clicking the map.

Gilbert M and Martha H Hitchcock FoundationOmaha, NE
253 matching grants · $4.9M · through 2025
Largest: $184,000 to Brownell-Talbot School — to further thecharitable purposeof the recipient
Full grant history →IRS filings ↗
The Rones FoundationWest Bloomfield, MI
38 matching grants · $470,490 · through 2024
Largest: $60,000 to HILLEL DAY SCHOOL OF METRO DETROIT — carry out purposeof organization
Full grant history →IRS filings ↗
The Bendit Family FoundationNew York, NY
20 matching grants · $180,000 · through 2023
Largest: $15,000 to MAKE THE ROAD NEW YORK — generalcharitable purposeof the organization
Full grant history →IRS filings ↗
The Donnelly Family FoundationSea Girt, NJ
11 matching grants · $40,250 · through 2025
Largest: $10,000 to MSK CANCER CENTER — to promote theexempt purposeof the recipient
Full grant history →IRS filings ↗
Lester & Karen Sutton Family FoundationLigonier, PA
7 matching grants · $27,500 · through 2025
Largest: $10,000 to Laurel Highlands Workforce & Opprtunity Center — the funds will be usedto support the exempt purposeof the exempt organization
Full grant history →IRS filings ↗
Aspen Community FoundationBasalt, COCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $100,000 · through 2022
Largest: $100,000 to MANAUS — the purposeof this grant is to support the rocky mountain preschool coalition.
Full grant history →IRS filings ↗
The Rabinowitz Charitable FoundationNew York, NY
1 matching grant · $10,000 · through 2022
Largest: $10,000 to TRANSPORT GROUP INC — general charitable purposeof the organization
Full grant history →IRS filings ↗

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. 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 →

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Gilbert M and Martha H Hitchcock FoundationOmaha, NE

The Rones FoundationWest Bloomfield, MI

The Bendit Family FoundationNew York, NY

The Donnelly Family FoundationSea Girt, NJ

Lester & Karen Sutton Family FoundationLigonier, PA

Aspen Community FoundationBasalt, COCharity · may take applications

The Rabinowitz Charitable FoundationNew York, NY

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