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.

3 funders with a record of paying for “semifinalist”

Where the money went

1.0×
The Center for Education Reform → Aurora Science and Tech High School: $225K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music → Kaileigh Riess: $3K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Flag Foundation for Excellence in → Amanda Papa: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Center for Education Reform → Cafe Momentum Academy: $210K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music → Tristan Tournaud: $3K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Flag Foundation for Excellence in → Andrew Boorstyn: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Center for Education Reform → The Learning Center for the Deaf: $205K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music → Rebekah Howell: $3K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Flag Foundation for Excellence in → Anthony Bonini: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Center for Education Reform → Liguori Inc Dba Liguori Academy: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Center for Education Reform → Northeast Academy for Aerospace and Advanced Technologies: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Center for Education Reform → Notre Dame School of Milwaukee: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Center for Education Reform → Onward Learning: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Center for Education Reform → Parents Challenge: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Center for Education Reform → Penn Hills Charter School of Entrepreneurship: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Center for Education Reform → Short Answer: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Center for Education Reform → Spark Academy of Adv Tech: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Center for Education Reform → The Freedom Institute of Collier County: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Center for Education Reform → The Hughen Center Inc Dba Bob Hope School: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Center for Education Reform → The Win Academy at Bridgevalley Community and Technical College: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Center for Education Reform → Vimenti: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Center for Education Reform → An Achievable Dream Inc: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Center for Education Reform → Bridgeway Academy: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Center for Education Reform → Earl Monroe New Renaissance Basketball Charter School: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Center for Education Reform → Liberty Steam Charter School: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Center for Education Reform → Freedom Preparatory Academy: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music → Lucie Stmartin: $2K across 2 grants, latest 2023The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music → Stavros Koumbaros: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music → Ta'nika Gibson: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music → Taylor-Alexis Dupont: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music → The Christian Mark Gibbs Company Ll: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music → Alicia Russell Tagert: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music → Tzeitel Abrego: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music → Ana Karneza: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music → Atthew Amira: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music → Celeste Rose: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music → Midori Marsh: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music → Elise Noyes: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music → Francesca Mehrotra: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music → Hugo Kampschreur: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music → Ian Williams: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music → Jason Zacher: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music → Jeremiah Sanders: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music → Jessica Mills: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music → Joseph Sacchi: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music → Juliane Stolzenbach Ramos: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music → Katherine Leidlein: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music → Kendra Dyck: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music → Lauren Senden: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music → Lisa Rogali: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music → Logan Wagner: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music → Nyla Watson: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music → Olivia Lapointe: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music → Prentiss Mouton: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music → Queen Hezumuryango: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music → Rachel Weinfeld: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music → Ruby Dibble: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music → Ryan Johnson: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music → Ryan Lustgarten: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music → Sam Krausz: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music → Schyler Vargas: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music → Shavon Lloyd: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music → Sophia Spivey: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Flag Foundation for Excellence in → Cynthia Mariel Cruz: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Center for Education Reform: $4.0M on this topic. Open the funder.The Center for Education Refo…$4.0MThe Kurt Weill Foundation for Music: $55K on this topic. Open the funder.The Kurt Weill Foundation for…$55KThe Flag Foundation for Excellence in: $4K on this topic. Open the funder.The Flag Foundation for Excel…$4KAurora Science and Tech High School: received $225K on this topicAurora Science and Tech High Sc…$225KCafe Momentum Academy: received $210K on this topicCafe Momentum Academy$210KThe Learning Center for the Deaf: received $205K on this topicThe Learning Center for the Deaf$205KLiguori Inc Dba Liguori Academy: received $200K on this topicLiguori Inc Dba Liguori Academy$200KNortheast Academy for Aerospace and Advanced Technologies: received $200K on this topicNortheast Academy for Aerospace…$200KNotre Dame School of Milwaukee: received $200K on this topicNotre Dame School of Milwaukee$200KOnward Learning: received $200K on this topicOnward Learning$200KParents Challenge: received $200K on this topicParents Challenge$200KPenn Hills Charter School of Entrepreneurship: received $200K on this topicPenn Hills Charter School of En…$200KShort Answer: received $200K on this topicShort Answer$200KSpark Academy of Adv Tech: received $200K on this topicSpark Academy of Adv Tech$200KThe Freedom Institute of Collier County: received $200K on this topicThe Freedom Institute of Collie…$200KThe Hughen Center Inc Dba Bob Hope School: received $200K on this topicThe Hughen Center Inc Dba Bob H…$200KThe Win Academy at Bridgevalley Community and Technical College: received $200K on this topicThe Win Academy at Bridgevalley…$200KVimenti: received $200K on this topicVimenti$200KAn Achievable Dream Inc: received $200K on this topicAn Achievable Dream Inc$200KBridgeway Academy: received $200K on this topicBridgeway Academy$200KEarl Monroe New Renaissance Basketball Charter School: received $200K on this topicEarl Monroe New Renaissance Bas…$200KLiberty Steam Charter School: received $200K on this topicLiberty Steam Charter School$200KFreedom Preparatory Academy: received $200K on this topicFreedom Preparatory Academy$200KKaileigh Riess: received $3K on this topicKaileigh Riess$3KTristan Tournaud: received $3K on this topicTristan Tournaud$3KRebekah Howell: received $3K on this topicRebekah Howell$3KLucie Stmartin: received $2K on this topicLucie Stmartin$2KStavros Koumbaros: received $1K on this topicStavros Koumbaros$1KTa'nika Gibson: received $1K on this topicTa'nika Gibson$1KTaylor-Alexis Dupont: received $1K on this topicTaylor-Alexis Dupont$1KThe Christian Mark Gibbs Company Ll: received $1K on this topicThe Christian Mark Gibbs Compan…$1KAlicia Russell Tagert: received $1K on this topicAlicia Russell Tagert$1KTzeitel Abrego: received $1K on this topicTzeitel Abrego$1KAna Karneza: received $1K on this topicAna Karneza$1KAtthew Amira: received $1K on this topicAtthew Amira$1KCeleste Rose: received $1K on this topicCeleste Rose$1KMidori Marsh: received $1K on this topicMidori Marsh$1KElise Noyes: received $1K on this topicElise Noyes$1KFrancesca Mehrotra: received $1K on this topicFrancesca Mehrotra$1KHugo Kampschreur: received $1K on this topicHugo Kampschreur$1KIan Williams: received $1K on this topicIan Williams$1KJason Zacher: received $1K on this topicJason Zacher$1KJeremiah Sanders: received $1K on this topicJeremiah Sanders$1KJessica Mills: received $1K on this topicJessica Mills$1KJoseph Sacchi: received $1K on this topicJoseph Sacchi$1KJuliane Stolzenbach Ramos: received $1K on this topicJuliane Stolzenbach Ramos$1KKatherine Leidlein: received $1K on this topicKatherine Leidlein$1KKendra Dyck: received $1K on this topicKendra Dyck$1KLauren Senden: received $1K on this topicLauren Senden$1KLisa Rogali: received $1K on this topicLisa Rogali$1KLogan Wagner: received $1K on this topicLogan Wagner$1KNyla Watson: received $1K on this topicNyla Watson$1KOlivia Lapointe: received $1K on this topicOlivia Lapointe$1KPrentiss Mouton: received $1K on this topicPrentiss Mouton$1KQueen Hezumuryango: received $1K on this topicQueen Hezumuryango$1KRachel Weinfeld: received $1K on this topicRachel Weinfeld$1KRuby Dibble: received $1K on this topicRuby Dibble$1KRyan Johnson: received $1K on this topicRyan Johnson$1KRyan Lustgarten: received $1K on this topicRyan Lustgarten$1KSam Krausz: received $1K on this topicSam Krausz$1KSchyler Vargas: received $1K on this topicSchyler Vargas$1KShavon Lloyd: received $1K on this topicShavon Lloyd$1KSophia Spivey: received $1K on this topicSophia Spivey$1KAmanda Papa: received $1K on this topicAmanda Papa$1KAndrew Boorstyn: received $1K on this topicAndrew Boorstyn$1KAnthony Bonini: received $1K on this topicAnthony Bonini$1KCynthia Mariel Cruz: received $1K on this topicCynthia Mariel Cruz$1K
3 funders, 64 recipients, grants matching “semifinalist” only. Ribbon width is proportional to the total given; each funder has its own colour. Hover a name to isolate its flows, click a funder to open it. Drag to move around; zoom with the buttons, a double-click, or the wheel after clicking the map.

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 paper

Search 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 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 →