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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.

6 funders with a record of paying for “purposse”

Where the money went

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Don & Colletta Mcmillian Foundation → Rice University-Baker Institute: $40K across 2 grants, latest 2023Justin R Niklas Family Foundation → Casa De Paz: $18K across 2 grants, latest 2025Wilensky Foundation → Womens' Rights Without Frontiers in: $11K across 4 grants, latest 2024Mildred E & Harvey S Mudd Foundation → Angeles Clinic Foundation: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022Hansen Family Foundation → Hermitage Museum & Gardens: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2022Haughey Family Foundation → Ace Scholarships: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2022Don & Colletta Mcmillian Foundation: $40K on this topic. Open the funder.Don & Colletta Mcmillian Foun…$40KJustin R Niklas Family Foundation: $18K on this topic. Open the funder.Justin R Niklas Family Founda…$18KWilensky Foundation: $11K on this topic. Open the funder.Wilensky Foundation$11KMildred E & Harvey S Mudd Foundation: $10K on this topic. Open the funder.Mildred E & Harvey S Mudd Fou…$10KHansen Family Foundation: $8K on this topic. Open the funder.Hansen Family Foundation$8KHaughey Family Foundation: $5K on this topic. Open the funder.Haughey Family Foundation$5KRice University-Baker Institute: received $40K on this topicRice University-Baker Institute$40KCasa De Paz: received $18K on this topicCasa De Paz$18KWomens' Rights Without Frontiers in: received $11K on this topicWomens' Rights Without Frontier…$11KAngeles Clinic Foundation: received $10K on this topicAngeles Clinic Foundation$10KHermitage Museum & Gardens: received $8K on this topicHermitage Museum & Gardens$8KAce Scholarships: received $5K on this topicAce Scholarships$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 →