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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.

12 funders with a record of paying for “reel”

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Solon E Summerfield Foundation Inc → Reel Works: $350K across 3 grants, latest 2024The New York Community Trust → Reel Stories Teen Filmaking Inc: $205K across 2 grants, latest 2024Altman Foundation → Reel Stories Teen Filmmaking Inc: $150K across 3 grants, latest 2024Santa Fe Community Foundation → Reel Fathers: $82K across 3 grants, latest 2024Michigan State University Research → Reel Free LLC: $76K across 3 grants, latest 2024The San Diego Foundation → Family Life Time Solutions: $64K across 1 grant, latest 2022Rosa May Griffin Foundation → Reel East Texas Film Festival: $45K across 4 grants, latest 2025Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc → Reel Families for Change: $40K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Miner Foundation → Create Reel Change Cba Mental Healthy Utah: $28K across 4 grants, latest 2025Capdevilla Gillespie Foundation → Pacific Arts Movement: $20K across 4 grants, latest 2025The Grace Foundation of Memphis Inc → Reel Life International Inc: $20K across 4 grants, latest 2024Athwin Foundation → The Reel Hope Project: $20K across 4 grants, latest 2025The San Diego Foundation → Pacific Arts Movement: $41K across 1 grant, latest 2023Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc → Reel Families for Change: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2022The New York Community Trust → Reel Fathers Ltd: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024The San Diego Foundation → Soroptomist Foundation Inc: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024The San Diego Foundation → The Reel Film Foundation Inc: $9K across 1 grant, latest 2021Solon E Summerfield Foundation Inc: $350K on this topic. Open the funder.Solon E Summerfield Foundatio…$350KThe New York Community Trust: $215K on this topic. Open the funder.The New York Community Trust$215KAltman Foundation: $150K on this topic. Open the funder.Altman Foundation$150KThe San Diego Foundation: $123K on this topic. Open the funder.The San Diego Foundation$123KSanta Fe Community Foundation: $82K on this topic. Open the funder.Santa Fe Community Foundation$82KMichigan State University Research: $76K on this topic. Open the funder.Michigan State University Res…$76KAmalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc: $60K on this topic. Open the funder.Amalgamated Charitable Founda…$60KRosa May Griffin Foundation: $45K on this topic. Open the funder.Rosa May Griffin Foundation$45KThe Miner Foundation: $28K on this topic. Open the funder.The Miner Foundation$28KCapdevilla Gillespie Foundation: $20K on this topic. Open the funder.Capdevilla Gillespie Foundati…$20KThe Grace Foundation of Memphis Inc: $20K on this topic. Open the funder.The Grace Foundation of Memph…$20KAthwin Foundation: $20K on this topic. Open the funder.Athwin Foundation$20KReel Works: received $350K on this topicReel Works$350KReel Stories Teen Filmaking Inc: received $205K on this topicReel Stories Teen Filmaking Inc$205KReel Stories Teen Filmmaking Inc: received $150K on this topicReel Stories Teen Filmmaking Inc$150KReel Fathers: received $82K on this topicReel Fathers$82KReel Free LLC: received $76K on this topicReel Free LLC$76KFamily Life Time Solutions: received $64K on this topicFamily Life Time Solutions$64KPacific Arts Movement: received $61K on this topicPacific Arts Movement$61KReel East Texas Film Festival: received $45K on this topicReel East Texas Film Festival$45KReel Families for Change: received $40K on this topicReel Families for Change$40KCreate Reel Change Cba Mental Healthy Utah: received $28K on this topicCreate Reel Change Cba Mental H…$28KReel Life International Inc: received $20K on this topicReel Life International Inc$20KThe Reel Hope Project: received $20K on this topicThe Reel Hope Project$20KReel Families for Change: received $20K on this topicReel Families for Change$20KReel Fathers Ltd: received $10K on this topicReel Fathers Ltd$10KSoroptomist Foundation Inc: received $10K on this topicSoroptomist Foundation Inc$10KThe Reel Film Foundation Inc: received $9K on this topicThe Reel Film Foundation Inc$9K
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. 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 →