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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 “silent”

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Boston Foundation Inc → Silent Spring Institute Inc: $809K across 5 grants, latest 2024Sunrise Foundation for Education and the → San Francisco Silent Film Festival: $281K across 6 grants, latest 2024Occidental College → Silent Spring Institute: $205K across 4 grants, latest 2024Hastings Mutual Insurance Company Charitable Foundation → Pine Rest Christian Mental Health S: $158K across 3 grants, latest 2024President and Fellows of Harvard College → Silent Spring Institute: $153K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Owsley Brown III Philanthropic Found → San Francisco Silent Film Festival: $125K across 9 grants, latest 2023Open Compute Project Foundation → Arizona State University: $95K across 1 grant, latest 2024Ira M Resnick Foundation Inc → San Francisco Silent Film Festival: $65K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Peter and Joan Secchia Family Inc → Silent Observer: $63K across 2 grants, latest 2025Edward W Golden Foundation → Chatham Area Silent Food Pantry: $40K across 4 grants, latest 2025Community Foundation of the Lowcountry → Bluffton Self Help: $33K across 1 grant, latest 2022Ch Foundation Inc → Silent Wings Museum Foundation: $27K across 1 grant, latest 2022Sunrise Foundation for Education and the → Donald Sosin: $231K across 3 grants, latest 2024Open Compute Project Foundation → Auburn University: $95K across 1 grant, latest 2024Community Foundation of the Lowcountry → Bluffton Jasper County Volunteers in Medicine: $33K across 1 grant, latest 2022Ch Foundation Inc → Silent Wings Museum: $26K across 2 grants, latest 2023Ira M Resnick Foundation Inc → Silent Cinema Presentations Inc: $5K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Peter and Joan Secchia Family Inc → Silent Observer Grand Rapids: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2022Hastings Mutual Insurance Company Charitable Foundation → Parents of Hastings High School Sen: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2022Sunrise Foundation for Education and the → Klezmer By Alicia Svigalsllc: $130K across 2 grants, latest 2023Open Compute Project Foundation → Carnegie Mellon: $95K across 1 grant, latest 2024Community Foundation of the Lowcountry → Boys and Girls Clubs of the Lowcountry: $33K across 1 grant, latest 2022Ch Foundation Inc → Silent Wings Museum Foundation Inc: $16K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Peter and Joan Secchia Family Inc → Silent Observer Grand Rapids: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023Sunrise Foundation for Education and the → Klezmer By Alicia Svigals LLC: $122K across 1 grant, latest 2024Open Compute Project Foundation → University of Chicago: $95K across 1 grant, latest 2024Sunrise Foundation for Education and the → Munchner Filmzentrum Ev: $72K across 2 grants, latest 2023Sunrise Foundation for Education and the → Munchner Filmzentrum Ev: $49K across 1 grant, latest 2024Open Compute Project Foundation → University of Washington: $48K across 1 grant, latest 2024Community Foundation of the Lowcountry → The Palmetto Bluff Conservancy: $33K across 1 grant, latest 2022Community Foundation of the Lowcountry → Lowcountry Foundation for Wounded Military Heroes: $33K across 1 grant, latest 2022Sunrise Foundation for Education and the → Blackhawk Films Inc: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2024Sunrise Foundation for Education and the: $904K on this topic. Open the funder.Sunrise Foundation for Educat…$904KBoston Foundation Inc: $809K on this topic. Open the funder.Boston Foundation Inc$809KOpen Compute Project Foundation: $428K on this topic. Open the funder.Open Compute Project Foundati…$428KOccidental College: $205K on this topic. Open the funder.Occidental College$205KCommunity Foundation of the Lowcountry: $166K on this topic. Open the funder.Community Foundation of the L…$166KHastings Mutual Insurance Company Charitable Foundation: $159K on this topic. Open the funder.Hastings Mutual Insurance Com…$159KPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $153K on this topic. Open the funder.President and Fellows of Harv…$153KThe Owsley Brown III Philanthropic Found: $125K on this topic. Open the funder.The Owsley Brown III Philanth…$125KThe Peter and Joan Secchia Family Inc: $73K on this topic. Open the funder.The Peter and Joan Secchia Fa…$73KIra M Resnick Foundation Inc: $70K on this topic. Open the funder.Ira M Resnick Foundation Inc$70KCh Foundation Inc: $69K on this topic. Open the funder.Ch Foundation Inc$69KEdward W Golden Foundation: $40K on this topic. Open the funder.Edward W Golden Foundation$40KSilent Spring Institute Inc: received $809K on this topicSilent Spring Institute Inc$809KSilent Spring Institute: received $357K on this topicSilent Spring Institute$357KSan Francisco Silent Film Festival: received $281K on this topicSan Francisco Silent Film Festi…$281KDonald Sosin: received $231K on this topicDonald Sosin$231KSan Francisco Silent Film Festival: received $190K on this topicSan Francisco Silent Film Festi…$190KPine Rest Christian Mental Health S: received $158K on this topicPine Rest Christian Mental Heal…$158KKlezmer By Alicia Svigalsllc: received $130K on this topicKlezmer By Alicia Svigalsllc$130KKlezmer By Alicia Svigals LLC: received $122K on this topicKlezmer By Alicia Svigals LLC$122KArizona State University: received $95K on this topicArizona State University$95KAuburn University: received $95K on this topicAuburn University$95KCarnegie Mellon: received $95K on this topicCarnegie Mellon$95KUniversity of Chicago: received $95K on this topicUniversity of Chicago$95KMunchner Filmzentrum Ev: received $72K on this topicMunchner Filmzentrum Ev$72KSilent Observer: received $63K on this topicSilent Observer$63KMunchner Filmzentrum Ev: received $49K on this topicMunchner Filmzentrum Ev$49KUniversity of Washington: received $48K on this topicUniversity of Washington$48KChatham Area Silent Food Pantry: received $40K on this topicChatham Area Silent Food Pantry$40KBluffton Self Help: received $33K on this topicBluffton Self Help$33KBluffton Jasper County Volunteers in Medicine: received $33K on this topicBluffton Jasper County Voluntee…$33KBoys and Girls Clubs of the Lowcountry: received $33K on this topicBoys and Girls Clubs of the Low…$33KThe Palmetto Bluff Conservancy: received $33K on this topicThe Palmetto Bluff Conservancy$33KLowcountry Foundation for Wounded Military Heroes: received $33K on this topicLowcountry Foundation for Wound…$33KSilent Wings Museum Foundation: received $27K on this topicSilent Wings Museum Foundation$27KSilent Wings Museum: received $26K on this topicSilent Wings Museum$26KBlackhawk Films Inc: received $20K on this topicBlackhawk Films Inc$20KSilent Wings Museum Foundation Inc: received $16K on this topicSilent Wings Museum Foundation…$16KSilent Cinema Presentations Inc: received $5K on this topicSilent Cinema Presentations Inc$5KSilent Observer Grand Rapids: received $5K on this topicSilent Observer Grand Rapids$5KSilent Observer Grand Rapids: received $5K on this topicSilent Observer Grand Rapids$5KParents of Hastings High School Sen: received $1K on this topicParents of Hastings High School…$1K
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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 →