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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.
12 funders with a record of paying for “sections”
Where the money went
Largest: $60,000 to PANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK IN — in furtherance of section 501(c)(3) exempt purpose
Largest: $283,841 to NITTANY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL — charitable and educational within section 170(c)(2)(b)
Largest: $81,000 to RAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCATION — payment to charity that is not counted as a qd since it falls under section 4941.
Largest: $200,000 to UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES — in furtherance of section 501(c)(3) charitable purpose; dr ira kurtz research fund.
Mosher FoundationSanta Barbara, CA
200 matching grants · $4.4M · through 2025Largest: $1,500 to SANTA BARBARA EDUCATION FOUNDATION — mission scholars, in furtherance of section 501(c)(3) charitable purpose
Largest: $5.0M to THE PEOPLE'S FORUM — for charitable, religious, scientific, literary, or educational purposes, within the meaning of section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue service code 1986.
Largest: $100,000 to TEMPLE UNIVERSITY — to promote and support the educational exempt purpose pursuant to section 501(c)(3) of the recipient.to promote and support the educational exempt purpose pursuant to section 501(c…
Fritz B Burns FoundationWoodland Hills, CA
120 matching grants · $52.9M · through 2024Largest: $3.5M to Thomas Aquinas College — contribution is to a charity exempt under section 501(c)(3) which is not a private foundation. contribution is for the funding of fritz b. burns endowed scholarship fund.
Largest: $2,500 to NCJW NASHVILLE SECTION — for one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)
Largest: $100,000 to BLYTHEDALE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL — educational and other charitable purposes to organizations under section 501(c)(3).
Largest: $50,000 to PLANNED PARENTHOOD — in furtherance of section 501(c)(3) charitable purpose
Largest: $391,646 to CORNELL UNIVERSITY — all are for charitable, educational, scientific, or literacy purposes within the meaning of irc section 501(c)(3).
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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 →