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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.

2 funders with a record of paying for “seneral”

Where the money went

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Flowers for Dreams Foundation → Raise Your Hand Coalition for Illinois Public Education: $22K across 1 grant, latest 2024William & Mai Robinson Charitable Trust → Strive Fbo Western Colo Bontanical Gardens: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2023Flowers for Dreams Foundation → Little Village Environmental Justice Organization: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2023Flowers for Dreams Foundation → Grand Ave Club: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2025Flowers for Dreams Foundation: $50K on this topic. Open the funder.Flowers for Dreams Foundation$50KWilliam & Mai Robinson Charitable Trust: $3K on this topic. Open the funder.William & Mai Robinson Charit…$3KRaise Your Hand Coalition for Illinois Public Education: received $22K on this topicRaise Your Hand Coalition for I…$22KLittle Village Environmental Justice Organization: received $20K on this topicLittle Village Environmental Ju…$20KGrand Ave Club: received $8K on this topicGrand Ave Club$8KStrive Fbo Western Colo Bontanical Gardens: received $3K on this topicStrive Fbo Western Colo Bontani…$3K
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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 →