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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 “stratgeic”

Where the money went

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Whirlpool Foundation → Cornerstone Alliance: $3.0M across 1 grant, latest 2022Whirlpool Foundation → Habitat for Humanity International: $1.0M across 1 grant, latest 2022Whirlpool Foundation → Whirlpool Collective Impact Fund: $350K across 1 grant, latest 2022Whirlpool Foundation → New Heights Ccda: $250K across 1 grant, latest 2022Whirlpool Foundation → Mosaic Christian Community Development Association: $205K across 1 grant, latest 2022Whirlpool Foundation → Project Hood Communities Dev Corp: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2022Whirlpool Foundation → Cornerstone Public Asset Fund: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2022Whirlpool Foundation: $4.8M on this topic. Open the funder.Whirlpool Foundation$4.8MCornerstone Alliance: received $3.0M on this topicCornerstone Alliance$3.0MHabitat for Humanity International: received $1.0M on this topicHabitat for Humanity Internatio…$1.0MWhirlpool Collective Impact Fund: received $350K on this topicWhirlpool Collective Impact Fund$350KNew Heights Ccda: received $250K on this topicNew Heights Ccda$250KMosaic Christian Community Development Association: received $205K on this topicMosaic Christian Community Deve…$205KProject Hood Communities Dev Corp: received $15K on this topicProject Hood Communities Dev Co…$15KCornerstone Public Asset Fund: received $15K on this topicCornerstone Public Asset Fund$15K
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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 →