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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 “rowboat”

Where the money went

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People United for Sustainable Housing → Our City Buffalo: $51K across 1 grant, latest 2022People United for Sustainable Housing → Ujima Company Inc: $36K across 2 grants, latest 2023People United for Sustainable Housing → Buffalo Parent-Teacher Organization: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2022People United for Sustainable Housing → Coalition for Economic Justice: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2022People United for Sustainable Housing → Justice for Migrant Families Wny: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2022People United for Sustainable Housing: $162K on this topic. Open the funder.People United for Sustainable…$162KOur City Buffalo: received $51K on this topicOur City Buffalo$51KUjima Company Inc: received $36K on this topicUjima Company Inc$36KBuffalo Parent-Teacher Organization: received $25K on this topicBuffalo Parent-Teacher Organiza…$25KCoalition for Economic Justice: received $25K on this topicCoalition for Economic Justice$25KJustice for Migrant Families Wny: received $25K on this topicJustice for Migrant Families Wny$25K
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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 →