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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 “purproses”

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The Ferguson Family Charitable → Real Island Volunteer Fire Department: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2025Burlington Yoga Equity Project → Community Resilience Organizations: $28K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Ferguson Family Charitable → Wesley Biblical Seminary: $30K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Ferguson Family Charitable → American Red Cross: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Ferguson Family Charitable → Raleigh Avenue Baptist Church: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Ferguson Family Charitable → Quarterbacking Children's Health Foundation: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Ferguson Family Charitable: $99K on this topic. Open the funder.The Ferguson Family Charitable$99KBurlington Yoga Equity Project: $28K on this topic. Open the funder.Burlington Yoga Equity Project$28KReal Island Volunteer Fire Department: received $50K on this topicReal Island Volunteer Fire Depa…$50KWesley Biblical Seminary: received $30K on this topicWesley Biblical Seminary$30KCommunity Resilience Organizations: received $28K on this topicCommunity Resilience Organizati…$28KAmerican Red Cross: received $10K on this topicAmerican Red Cross$10KRaleigh Avenue Baptist Church: received $8K on this topicRaleigh Avenue Baptist Church$8KQuarterbacking Children's Health Foundation: received $1K on this topicQuarterbacking Children's Healt…$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 →