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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 “reamer”

Where the money went

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The Carson-Etheridge Foundationinc → Cornell University: $90K across 4 grants, latest 2025The Ciri Foundation → Buffie Reamer: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2023Josiah Willard Hayden Recreation → Cj Reamer: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2024Josiah Willard Hayden Recreation → Reamer Cj: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Carson-Etheridge Foundationinc: $90K on this topic. Open the funder.The Carson-Etheridge Foundati…$90KThe Ciri Foundation: $6K on this topic. Open the funder.The Ciri Foundation$6KJosiah Willard Hayden Recreation: $2K on this topic. Open the funder.Josiah Willard Hayden Recreat…$2KCornell University: received $90K on this topicCornell University$90KBuffie Reamer: received $6K on this topicBuffie Reamer$6KCj Reamer: received $1K on this topicCj Reamer$1KReamer Cj: received $1K on this topicReamer Cj$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 →