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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 “stipe”

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National Humanities Center → Arizona State Univerity Foundation: $24K across 1 grant, latest 2023National Humanities Center → Case Western Reserve University: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2023National Humanities Center → George Mason University: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2023National Humanities Center → Johnson C Smith University: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2023National Humanities Center → Rice University: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2023National Humanities Center → Texas A & M University: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2023National Humanities Center → University of California-Santa Cruz: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2023National Humanities Center → University of Georgia Foundation: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2023National Humanities Center: $164K on this topic. Open the funder.National Humanities Center$164KArizona State Univerity Foundation: received $24K on this topicArizona State Univerity Foundat…$24KCase Western Reserve University: received $20K on this topicCase Western Reserve University$20KGeorge Mason University: received $20K on this topicGeorge Mason University$20KJohnson C Smith University: received $20K on this topicJohnson C Smith University$20KRice University: received $20K on this topicRice University$20KTexas A & M University: received $20K on this topicTexas A & M University$20KUniversity of California-Santa Cruz: received $20K on this topicUniversity of California-Santa…$20KUniversity of Georgia Foundation: received $20K on this topicUniversity of Georgia Foundation$20K
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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 →