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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.

12 funders with a record of paying for “purposesgeneral”

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Knott Family Foundation → Project Nyame Nsa: $100K across 2 grants, latest 2024Barbara Dorsch Foundation Inc → Jamison Proulx Memorial: $60K across 2 grants, latest 2025Trustees of Sears and Other Funds → Amazing Grace of Cape Cod Inc: $50K across 4 grants, latest 2025Gero Foundation Inc → Gatestone Organization: $40K across 1 grant, latest 2023Mary Ann Weisberg and Bryce Perry → Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: $36K across 3 grants, latest 2024Future Keys Foundation Inc → The Cabaret at the Columbia Club: $35K across 2 grants, latest 2024Pfk Family Foundation → Philippine Medical Assoc Chicago: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2023Joan K Sexton Foundation → West End House Camp: $25K across 4 grants, latest 2025The Howard G and Samita B Jacobs → Southern Center for Human Rights: $21K across 2 grants, latest 2023Shanahan Family Foundation → Humane Society of Missouri: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2023The Ray and Elaclaire Gosselin → Anti-Defamation League - Women in Valor: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2024Tobin Family Foundation → Appalachian Wildlife Refuge: $8K across 4 grants, latest 2025Knott Family Foundation → Nyame: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2022Joan K Sexton Foundation → Envisioning Access Inc Formerly Known As Helping Hands-Monkey Helpers: $21K across 3 grants, latest 2025Pfk Family Foundation → Greater Chicago Food Depository: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2023The Howard G and Samita B Jacobs → Clean Air Task Force: $15K across 2 grants, latest 2023Gero Foundation Inc → Friends of the Israeli Defense Forces: $14K across 2 grants, latest 2023Mary Ann Weisberg and Bryce Perry → Hammer Museum: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Ray and Elaclaire Gosselin → Baystate Financial Charitable Foundation: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023Shanahan Family Foundation → Crisis Nursery: $8K across 4 grants, latest 2025Future Keys Foundation Inc → Starfish Initiative: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2024Pfk Family Foundation → Univ of Sto Thomas Medical Assoc Chicago: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024Gero Foundation Inc → Congregation Ohav Zedek: $6K across 2 grants, latest 2023Mary Ann Weisberg and Bryce Perry → Museum of Contemporary Art: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023Gero Foundation Inc → American Cornerstone Institute: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2023Gero Foundation Inc → Breathbodymind Foundation: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2024Gero Foundation Inc → Mount Sinai Hospital: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2024Knott Family Foundation: $150K on this topic. Open the funder.Knott Family Foundation$150KGero Foundation Inc: $63K on this topic. Open the funder.Gero Foundation Inc$63KBarbara Dorsch Foundation Inc: $60K on this topic. Open the funder.Barbara Dorsch Foundation Inc$60KPfk Family Foundation: $60K on this topic. Open the funder.Pfk Family Foundation$60KMary Ann Weisberg and Bryce Perry: $51K on this topic. Open the funder.Mary Ann Weisberg and Bryce P…$51KTrustees of Sears and Other Funds: $50K on this topic. Open the funder.Trustees of Sears and Other F…$50KJoan K Sexton Foundation: $46K on this topic. Open the funder.Joan K Sexton Foundation$46KFuture Keys Foundation Inc: $38K on this topic. Open the funder.Future Keys Foundation Inc$38KThe Howard G and Samita B Jacobs: $36K on this topic. Open the funder.The Howard G and Samita B Jac…$36KThe Ray and Elaclaire Gosselin: $30K on this topic. Open the funder.The Ray and Elaclaire Gosselin$30KShanahan Family Foundation: $28K on this topic. Open the funder.Shanahan Family Foundation$28KTobin Family Foundation: $8K on this topic. Open the funder.Tobin Family Foundation$8KProject Nyame Nsa: received $100K on this topicProject Nyame Nsa$100KJamison Proulx Memorial: received $60K on this topicJamison Proulx Memorial$60KAmazing Grace of Cape Cod Inc: received $50K on this topicAmazing Grace of Cape Cod Inc$50KNyame: received $50K on this topicNyame$50KGatestone Organization: received $40K on this topicGatestone Organization$40KCedars-Sinai Medical Center: received $36K on this topicCedars-Sinai Medical Center$36KThe Cabaret at the Columbia Club: received $35K on this topicThe Cabaret at the Columbia Club$35KPhilippine Medical Assoc Chicago: received $30K on this topicPhilippine Medical Assoc Chicago$30KWest End House Camp: received $25K on this topicWest End House Camp$25KSouthern Center for Human Rights: received $21K on this topicSouthern Center for Human Rights$21KEnvisioning Access Inc Formerly Known As Helping Hands-Monkey Helpers: received $21K on this topicEnvisioning Access Inc Formerly…$21KHumane Society of Missouri: received $20K on this topicHumane Society of Missouri$20KAnti-Defamation League - Women in Valor: received $20K on this topicAnti-Defamation League - Women…$20KGreater Chicago Food Depository: received $20K on this topicGreater Chicago Food Depository$20KClean Air Task Force: received $15K on this topicClean Air Task Force$15KFriends of the Israeli Defense Forces: received $14K on this topicFriends of the Israeli Defense…$14KHammer Museum: received $10K on this topicHammer Museum$10KBaystate Financial Charitable Foundation: received $10K on this topicBaystate Financial Charitable F…$10KUniv of Sto Thomas Medical Assoc Chicago: received $10K on this topicUniv of Sto Thomas Medical Asso…$10KAppalachian Wildlife Refuge: received $8K on this topicAppalachian Wildlife Refuge$8KCrisis Nursery: received $8K on this topicCrisis Nursery$8KCongregation Ohav Zedek: received $6K on this topicCongregation Ohav Zedek$6KMuseum of Contemporary Art: received $5K on this topicMuseum of Contemporary Art$5KStarfish Initiative: received $3K on this topicStarfish Initiative$3KAmerican Cornerstone Institute: received $1K on this topicAmerican Cornerstone Institute$1KBreathbodymind Foundation: received $1K on this topicBreathbodymind Foundation$1KMount Sinai Hospital: received $1K on this topicMount Sinai Hospital$1K
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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 →