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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 “serviceselder”

Where the money went

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Association for the Relief of Aged Women → South Coastal Counties Legal Services: $133K across 4 grants, latest 2024The George H Nettleton Home Inc → Mid-America Regional Council Csc: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2022Association for the Relief of Aged Women → Cape Verdean Association: $22K across 2 grants, latest 2024Association for the Relief of Aged Women: $155K on this topic. Open the funder.Association for the Relief of…$155KThe George H Nettleton Home Inc: $15K on this topic. Open the funder.The George H Nettleton Home I…$15KSouth Coastal Counties Legal Services: received $133K on this topicSouth Coastal Counties Legal Se…$133KCape Verdean Association: received $22K on this topicCape Verdean Association$22KMid-America Regional Council Csc: received $15K on this topicMid-America Regional Council Csc$15K
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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 →