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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.

5 funders with a record of paying for “purpost”

Where the money went

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Cedar Hill Foundation → Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute: $120K across 2 grants, latest 2023Ebj & Msj Foundation → Lds Church: $75K across 2 grants, latest 2024Meg and Alex Weidner → New York Women in Filmtelevision: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023Mantz Foundation → Beautys Haven Farm & Equine Rescue Inc: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2024First Doulos Foundation → Uganda Orphansjohn Evans: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2023Cedar Hill Foundation: $120K on this topic. Open the funder.Cedar Hill Foundation$120KEbj & Msj Foundation: $75K on this topic. Open the funder.Ebj & Msj Foundation$75KMeg and Alex Weidner: $5K on this topic. Open the funder.Meg and Alex Weidner$5KMantz Foundation: $2K on this topic. Open the funder.Mantz Foundation$2KFirst Doulos Foundation: $1K on this topic. Open the funder.First Doulos Foundation$1KSmithsonian Conservation Biology Institute: received $120K on this topicSmithsonian Conservation Biolog…$120KLds Church: received $75K on this topicLds Church$75KNew York Women in Filmtelevision: received $5K on this topicNew York Women in Filmtelevision$5KBeautys Haven Farm & Equine Rescue Inc: received $2K on this topicBeautys Haven Farm & Equine Res…$2KUganda Orphansjohn Evans: received $1K on this topicUganda Orphansjohn Evans$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 →