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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.

1 funder with a record of paying for “scholarshipck”

Where the money went

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Daughters of Union Veterans of Civil War 1861-1865 → Asher Walters Tulsa Community Coll: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2024Daughters of Union Veterans of Civil War 1861-1865 → Elle Retzlaff Washburn University: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2024Daughters of Union Veterans of Civil War 1861-1865 → Shannon Patch Maryland Global Campu: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2024Daughters of Union Veterans of Civil War 1861-1865: $5K on this topic. Open the funder.Daughters of Union Veterans o…$5KAsher Walters Tulsa Community Coll: received $2K on this topicAsher Walters Tulsa Community C…$2KElle Retzlaff Washburn University: received $2K on this topicElle Retzlaff Washburn Universi…$2KShannon Patch Maryland Global Campu: received $2K on this topicShannon Patch Maryland Global C…$2K
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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 →