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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.

1 funder with a record of paying for “shinnyo”

Where the money went

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Shinnyo-En Foundation → Uc Berkeley Public Service Center: $183K across 3 grants, latest 2024Shinnyo-En Foundation → Redwood City Together: $117K across 2 grants, latest 2024Shinnyo-En Foundation → George Mason University Foundation Inc: $105K across 2 grants, latest 2024Shinnyo-En Foundation → Seattle University - Center for Community Engagement: $64K across 1 grant, latest 2022Shinnyo-En Foundation → Chapman University: $52K across 1 grant, latest 2022Shinnyo-En Foundation → George Mason University: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2022Shinnyo-En Foundation → Youth Community Service: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2022Shinnyo-En Foundation → Berkeley City College: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2025Shinnyo-En Foundation: $631K on this topic. Open the funder.Shinnyo-En Foundation$631KUc Berkeley Public Service Center: received $183K on this topicUc Berkeley Public Service Cent…$183KRedwood City Together: received $117K on this topicRedwood City Together$117KGeorge Mason University Foundation Inc: received $105K on this topicGeorge Mason University Foundat…$105KSeattle University - Center for Community Engagement: received $64K on this topicSeattle University - Center for…$64KChapman University: received $52K on this topicChapman University$52KGeorge Mason University: received $50K on this topicGeorge Mason University$50KYouth Community Service: received $30K on this topicYouth Community Service$30KBerkeley City College: received $30K on this topicBerkeley City College$30K
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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 →