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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.
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12 funders with a record of paying for “sponser”
Where the money went The Robert and Kate Niehaus Foundation → Student Sponser Partnership Inc: $350K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Rosemarie and David Thurston Family → Christo Rey Atlanta Student Sponser St Vincent De Paul: $144K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Art and Eva Camunez Tucker Foundation → Angelo Civic Theater: $122K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Fairbanks Curling Foundation Inc → Fairbanks Curling Club Inc: $83K across 9 grants, latest 2024 Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Georgiainc → United Negro College Fund Inc: $73K across 1 grant, latest 2024 David H Liu Foundation → Cornell University: $52K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Williamson County Convention & → Tennessee Golf Foundation: $30K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Wheeler Family Foundation → Mariners Church Irvine: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Goyal Foundation → The Cooper Union for the: $20K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Butz Foundation → Minsi Trails Council: $20K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The William & Dian Taylor Foundation → St Malachy School: $15K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Noel Family Foundation Inc → Central Wisconsin Symphony Orchestr: $3K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Georgiainc → Childrens Museum of Atlanta Inc: $70K across 1 grant, latest 2024 David H Liu Foundation → Stanford University: $52K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Wheeler Family Foundation → Mariners Church Outreach: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Butz Foundation → Civic Theatre: $14K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Art and Eva Camunez Tucker Foundation → Cathedral Church of the Sacred Hear: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Williamson County Convention & → World Hockey Events LLC: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Georgiainc → Latin American Association Inc: $13K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Butz Foundation → National Museum of Industrial Hist: $8K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Georgiainc → Silence the Shame: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Butz Foundation → Burn Prevention Network: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Robert and Kate Niehaus Foundation: $350K on this topic. Open the funder. The Robert and Kate Niehaus F… $350K Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Georgiainc: $163K on this topic. Open the funder. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan… $163K The Rosemarie and David Thurston Family: $144K on this topic. Open the funder. The Rosemarie and David Thurs… $144K Art and Eva Camunez Tucker Foundation: $132K on this topic. Open the funder. Art and Eva Camunez Tucker Fo… $132K David H Liu Foundation: $104K on this topic. Open the funder. David H Liu Foundation $104K Fairbanks Curling Foundation Inc: $83K on this topic. Open the funder. Fairbanks Curling Foundation… $83K Butz Foundation: $42K on this topic. Open the funder. Butz Foundation $42K Wheeler Family Foundation: $40K on this topic. Open the funder. Wheeler Family Foundation $40K Williamson County Convention &: $38K on this topic. Open the funder. Williamson County Convention & $38K Goyal Foundation: $20K on this topic. Open the funder. Goyal Foundation $20K The William & Dian Taylor Foundation: $15K on this topic. Open the funder. The William & Dian Taylor Fou… $15K Noel Family Foundation Inc: $3K on this topic. Open the funder. Noel Family Foundation Inc $3K Student Sponser Partnership Inc: received $350K on this topic Student Sponser Partnership Inc $350K Christo Rey Atlanta Student Sponser St Vincent De Paul: received $144K on this topic Christo Rey Atlanta Student Spo… $144K Angelo Civic Theater: received $122K on this topic Angelo Civic Theater $122K Fairbanks Curling Club Inc: received $83K on this topic Fairbanks Curling Club Inc $83K United Negro College Fund Inc: received $73K on this topic United Negro College Fund Inc $73K Childrens Museum of Atlanta Inc: received $70K on this topic Childrens Museum of Atlanta Inc $70K Cornell University: received $52K on this topic Cornell University $52K Stanford University: received $52K on this topic Stanford University $52K Tennessee Golf Foundation: received $30K on this topic Tennessee Golf Foundation $30K Mariners Church Irvine: received $20K on this topic Mariners Church Irvine $20K Mariners Church Outreach: received $20K on this topic Mariners Church Outreach $20K The Cooper Union for the: received $20K on this topic The Cooper Union for the $20K Minsi Trails Council: received $20K on this topic Minsi Trails Council $20K St Malachy School: received $15K on this topic St Malachy School $15K Civic Theatre: received $14K on this topic Civic Theatre $14K Latin American Association Inc: received $13K on this topic Latin American Association Inc $13K Cathedral Church of the Sacred Hear: received $10K on this topic Cathedral Church of the Sacred… $10K World Hockey Events LLC: received $8K on this topic World Hockey Events LLC $8K National Museum of Industrial Hist: received $8K on this topic National Museum of Industrial H… $8K Silence the Shame: received $8K on this topic Silence the Shame $8K Central Wisconsin Symphony Orchestr: received $3K on this topic Central Wisconsin Symphony Orch… $3K Burn Prevention Network: received $1K on this topic Burn Prevention Network $1K 12 funders, 22 recipients, grants matching “sponser” only. Ribbon width is proportional to the total given; each funder has its own colour (smaller funders in gray). 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. Largest: $15,000 to FAIRBANKS CURLING CLUB INC — sponser events related to bill stroecker week
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Largest: $9,200 to CIVIC THEATRE — bronze star sponser
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Largest: $25,000 to Cornell University — sponsered research for students.
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Largest: $39,400 to Angelo Civic Theater — sponser fees for community productions.
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Largest: $4,000 to ST MALACHY SCHOOL — to provide support for school tuition, scholarship sponser progam for disadvantaged youngsters
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Largest: $72,550 to United Negro College Fund Inc — 40th annual mayor's masked ball -marquis sponser
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Largest: $150,000 to STUDENT SPONSER PARTNERSHIP INC — charitable contribution - to provide at-risk youths with tuition needed to attend private parochial high schools in nyc
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Largest: $10,000 to MARINERS CHURCH OUTREACH — to sponser church related programs.
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Largest: $20,000 to TENNESSEE GOLF FOUNDATION — sponser event in county
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Largest: $10,375 to THE COOPER UNION FOR THE — to sponser one or more students
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Largest: $109,000 to CHRISTO REY ATLANTA STUDENT SPONSER ST VINCENT DE PAUL — donation to further the organization's mission
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Largest: $1,000 to CENTRAL WISCONSIN SYMPHONY ORCHESTR — block concert sponser
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