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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.

4 funders with a record of paying for “sare”

Where the money went

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Ernest and Joan Trefz Foundation → Sared Heart University Scholarship Fund: $150K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Karen Toffler Charitable Trust → Johns Hopkins University: $136K across 3 grants, latest 2024Herbert Bearman Foundation → Johns Hopkins School of Medicine: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2024Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc → Crow and Berry: $7K across 1 grant, latest 2021Ernest and Joan Trefz Foundation: $150K on this topic. Open the funder.Ernest and Joan Trefz Foundat…$150KThe Karen Toffler Charitable Trust: $136K on this topic. Open the funder.The Karen Toffler Charitable…$136KHerbert Bearman Foundation: $25K on this topic. Open the funder.Herbert Bearman Foundation$25KChesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: $7K on this topic. Open the funder.Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc$7KSared Heart University Scholarship Fund: received $150K on this topicSared Heart University Scholars…$150KJohns Hopkins University: received $136K on this topicJohns Hopkins University$136KJohns Hopkins School of Medicine: received $25K on this topicJohns Hopkins School of Medicine$25KCrow and Berry: received $7K on this topicCrow and Berry$7K
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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 →