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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 “refocusing”
Where the money went
Largest: $200,000 to SUSTAINABLE MARKETS FOUNDATION — core support for regions refocus to set a research agenda, build alliances and provide popular education on gender and the climate crisis leading up to cop30
Largest: $150,000 to SUSTAINABLE MARKETS FOUNDATION — to support the charitable activities of regions refocus
Largest: $20,850 to CHRISTIAN MISSIONS IN MANY LANDS — refocusing workers
Largest: $35,000 to REFOCUS INC — hvac replacement at the gilbane community center
Largest: $251,715 to Rebuilt Parish Inc — a movement aimed at impacting the minds and hearts of parish leaders so they can refocus on reaching the un-churched, creating a clear discipleship path, and rebuilding their paris…
Largest: $375,000 to PUBLIC AGENDA INC — to refocus the public conversation on the role of higher education in advancing economic mobility.
Largest: $39,451 to UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION — cover funding shortfall for 2022 conference, allowing organizers to refocus on long-term viability and consider new methods to disseminate learnings from this important-but-special…
Largest: $4,000 to REFOCUS INC — research support
The Rhode Island Community FoundationProvidence, RICharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $10,000 · through 2022Largest: $10,000 to COMMUNITY CARE ALLIANCE — strategic plan refocus post pandemic
Largest: $2,500 to REFOCUS INC — exempt purpose
Largest: $2,500 to Refocus-On-U — program grant - community development
Largest: $1,500 to REFOCUS INC — unrestricted general
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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 →