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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.

3 funders with a record of paying for “sponsorsip”

Where the money went

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Leichtag Foundation → San Diego Botanic Garden: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2021Members 1st Charitable Foundation → Safe Berks: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2021Rachel Foundation → Cornerhouse: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2024Leichtag Foundation: $5K on this topic. Open the funder.Leichtag Foundation$5KMembers 1st Charitable Foundation: $5K on this topic. Open the funder.Members 1st Charitable Founda…$5KRachel Foundation: $1K on this topic. Open the funder.Rachel Foundation$1KSan Diego Botanic Garden: received $5K on this topicSan Diego Botanic Garden$5KSafe Berks: received $5K on this topicSafe Berks$5KCornerhouse: received $1K on this topicCornerhouse$1K
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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 →