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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.

1 funder with a record of paying for “researchpromotion”

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Kmc Foundation → American Irish Historical Society: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2022Kmc Foundation → Green City Market: $13K across 2 grants, latest 2025Kmc Foundation → Met Museum Islamic Section: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2022Kmc Foundation → National Forest Fdn: $7K across 2 grants, latest 2025Kmc Foundation → Ilya Emilia Kabakov Fdc: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2024Kmc Foundation → Kellenberg Memorial Hs: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2025Kmc Foundation → Fastnet Film Festival: $2K across 2 grants, latest 2025Kmc Foundation → Thornwillow Inst: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2024Kmc Foundation → Faces: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2025Kmc Foundation → The Bronx Defenders: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2024Kmc Foundation → The Earl Monroe New Renaissance: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2025Kmc Foundation → Mount St Michael Academy: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2024Kmc Foundation → Metro Opera: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2025Kmc Foundation → Brown Works: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2024Kmc Foundation → City of West Park: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2024Kmc Foundation → Vermont Fdn Dee Williams: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2022Kmc Foundation → Glimmerglass Opera: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2025Kmc Foundation → Iowa Nat'l Heritage Fnd: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2024Kmc Foundation → Lambs Inc: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2025Kmc Foundation → Church of Virgin Mary: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2022Kmc Foundation → Otsego Land Tr: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2025Kmc Foundation → St Judes: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2022Kmc Foundation → Fenimore Museum: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2025Kmc Foundation: $106K on this topic. Open the funder.Kmc Foundation$106KAmerican Irish Historical Society: received $50K on this topicAmerican Irish Historical Socie…$50KGreen City Market: received $13K on this topicGreen City Market$13KMet Museum Islamic Section: received $8K on this topicMet Museum Islamic Section$8KNational Forest Fdn: received $7K on this topicNational Forest Fdn$7KIlya Emilia Kabakov Fdc: received $5K on this topicIlya Emilia Kabakov Fdc$5KKellenberg Memorial Hs: received $3K on this topicKellenberg Memorial Hs$3KFastnet Film Festival: received $2K on this topicFastnet Film Festival$2KThornwillow Inst: received $2K on this topicThornwillow Inst$2KFaces: received $2K on this topicFaces$2KThe Bronx Defenders: received $1K on this topicThe Bronx Defenders$1KThe Earl Monroe New Renaissance: received $1K on this topicThe Earl Monroe New Renaissance$1KMount St Michael Academy: received $1K on this topicMount St Michael Academy$1KMetro Opera: received $1K on this topicMetro Opera$1KBrown Works: received $1K on this topicBrown Works$1KCity of West Park: received $1K on this topicCity of West Park$1KVermont Fdn Dee Williams: received $1K on this topicVermont Fdn Dee Williams$1KGlimmerglass Opera: received $1K on this topicGlimmerglass Opera$1KIowa Nat'l Heritage Fnd: received $1K on this topicIowa Nat'l Heritage Fnd$1KLambs Inc: received $1K on this topicLambs Inc$1KChurch of Virgin Mary: received $1K on this topicChurch of Virgin Mary$1KOtsego Land Tr: received $1K on this topicOtsego Land Tr$1KSt Judes: received $1K on this topicSt Judes$1KFenimore Museum: received $1K on this topicFenimore Museum$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 →