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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.

3 funders with a record of paying for “purpsose”

Where the money went

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The Waters Foundation Inc → The Savannah Community Foundation: $1.4M across 2 grants, latest 2023Edchoice Kentucky Inc → Kentucky Education Freedom Fund: $220K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Buckman Fun Filled Family Foundation → Anthony Rizzo Family Foundation: $6K across 2 grants, latest 2025The Waters Foundation Inc: $1.4M on this topic. Open the funder.The Waters Foundation Inc$1.4MEdchoice Kentucky Inc: $220K on this topic. Open the funder.Edchoice Kentucky Inc$220KThe Buckman Fun Filled Family Foundation: $6K on this topic. Open the funder.The Buckman Fun Filled Family…$6KThe Savannah Community Foundation: received $1.4M on this topicThe Savannah Community Foundati…$1.4MKentucky Education Freedom Fund: received $220K on this topicKentucky Education Freedom Fund$220KAnthony Rizzo Family Foundation: received $6K on this topicAnthony Rizzo Family Foundation$6K
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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 →