Funding search
Find who already funds work like yours.
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 “reunion”
Where the money went
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
21 matching grants · $9.3M · through 2022Largest: $784,698 to President and Fellows of Harvard College — support for center for health law and policy innovation: food law and policy clinic, harvard college fund: support for the 25th reunion campaign, support for the t.h. chan school o…
Conrad N Hilton FoundationWestlake Village, CA
9 matching grants · $41,750 · through 2024Largest: $11,850 to REUNION CHURCH OF CONEJO VALLEY — for general operating support
The Community Foundation forJacksonville, FLCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $227,500 · through 2024Largest: $125,000 to WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY — james d. farrar scholarship in honor of the class of 74 50th reunion
Servant FoundationOverland Park, KSCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $120,000 · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to Reunion Church NYC — religious ministry
Largest: $20,000 to A CALL TO MEN — project support: 2022 reunion and film project support
The San Francisco FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $1.2M · through 2023Largest: $651,250 to YALE UNIVERSITY — to support the herold laboratory, currently overseen by dr. kevan herold. to support the furniture study on the west campus and the friends of american art at yale. for the dave le…
Largest: $42,000 to REUNION CHURCH — to support the mission of the reunion church
Innovia FoundationSpokane, WACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $191,000 · through 2024Largest: $86,000 to Spokane Eastside Reunion Association — to support the greatest needs of the organization
General Alumni Association of theOrono, MECharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $188,609 · through 2024Largest: $58,353 to University of Maine Foundatio — reunion class distributions
Largest: $30,000 to HARVARD UNIVERSITY — business school class reunion fund, annual contribution
Austin Community FoundationAustin, TXCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $57,398 · through 2023Largest: $25,250 to FARM AID INC — donation from the luck family foundation from the 2022 luck reunion potluck dinner and auction
United Way of Spokane CountySpokane, WACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $67,334 · through 2024Largest: $22,111 to Spokane Eastside Reunion Association — community impact/partner support
This is one keyword. PaperOrbit reads your actual paper and searches on everything in it — population, methods, outcomes — then explains why each funder fits.
Start with one paperSearch by location
Local foundations often favor nearby communities. Enter a ZIP code to see foundations based near you, and where grant money has actually landed in your area.
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 →