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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.
Foundation based inAny state AL AK AZ AR CA CO CT DE DC FL GA HI ID IL IN IA KS KY LA ME MD MA MI MN MS MO MT NE NV NH NJ NM NY NC ND OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN TX UT VT VA WA WV WI WY PR VI Gave to recipients inAny state AL AK AZ AR CA CO CT DE DC FL GA HI ID IL IN IA KS KY LA ME MD MA MI MN MS MO MT NE NV NH NJ NM NY NC ND OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN TX UT VT VA WA WV WI WY PR VI Funder typeBoth Private foundations Charities & associations Grants of at leastAny size $10k $50k $100k Active sinceAny year 2023 or later 2024 or later
7 funders with a record of paying for “subvention”
Where the money went Archaeological Institute of America → Cambridge University Press: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Figure Foundation → University of Nebraska Press: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Institute for Aegean Prehistory → Alexandra Karetsou: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Bipartisan Policy Center Inc → University of Kansas: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Asian Research Foundation → University of Hawaii Press: $7K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Myra Foundation → North Dakota Quarterly (Und): $5K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society → The University of Arizona Press: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Figure Foundation → The University of North Carolina Pr: $18K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Institute for Aegean Prehistory → Adamantios Sampson: $14K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Archaeological Institute of America → Texas A&m University Press: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Institute for Aegean Prehistory → Ecole Francaise Dathenes: $14K across 2 grants, latest 2021 Figure Foundation → University of Wisconsin Press: $8K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Archaeological Institute of America → Penn Museum: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Institute for Aegean Prehistory → Massimo Perna: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Institute for Aegean Prehistory → Uc Regents: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Institute for Aegean Prehistory → Calliope Galanaki: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Figure Foundation → University Press of Mississippi: $5K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Figure Foundation → University of California Press: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Institute for Aegean Prehistory → British School at Athens: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Figure Foundation → Syracuse University Press: $4K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Figure Foundation → Ohio University Press: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Figure Foundation → The Mit Press: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Institute for Aegean Prehistory → Gilles Touchais: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Institute for Aegean Prehistory: $70K on this topic. Open the funder. Institute for Aegean Prehisto… $70K Figure Foundation: $65K on this topic. Open the funder. Figure Foundation $65K Archaeological Institute of America: $33K on this topic. Open the funder. Archaeological Institute of A… $33K Bipartisan Policy Center Inc: $10K on this topic. Open the funder. Bipartisan Policy Center Inc $10K Asian Research Foundation: $7K on this topic. Open the funder. Asian Research Foundation $7K Myra Foundation: $5K on this topic. Open the funder. Myra Foundation $5K Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society: $5K on this topic. Open the funder. Arizona Archaeological and Hi… $5K Cambridge University Press: received $20K on this topic Cambridge University Press $20K University of Nebraska Press: received $20K on this topic University of Nebraska Press $20K The University of North Carolina Pr: received $18K on this topic The University of North Carolin… $18K Alexandra Karetsou: received $15K on this topic Alexandra Karetsou $15K Adamantios Sampson: received $14K on this topic Adamantios Sampson $14K Ecole Francaise Dathenes: received $14K on this topic Ecole Francaise Dathenes $14K University of Kansas: received $10K on this topic University of Kansas $10K Massimo Perna: received $8K on this topic Massimo Perna $8K University of Wisconsin Press: received $8K on this topic University of Wisconsin Press $8K Texas A&m University Press: received $8K on this topic Texas A&m University Press $8K Uc Regents: received $8K on this topic Uc Regents $8K University of Hawaii Press: received $7K on this topic University of Hawaii Press $7K Penn Museum: received $6K on this topic Penn Museum $6K Calliope Galanaki: received $6K on this topic Calliope Galanaki $6K University Press of Mississippi: received $5K on this topic University Press of Mississippi $5K North Dakota Quarterly (Und): received $5K on this topic North Dakota Quarterly (Und) $5K The University of Arizona Press: received $5K on this topic The University of Arizona Press $5K University of California Press: received $5K on this topic University of California Press $5K British School at Athens: received $5K on this topic British School at Athens $5K Syracuse University Press: received $4K on this topic Syracuse University Press $4K Ohio University Press: received $3K on this topic Ohio University Press $3K The Mit Press: received $3K on this topic The Mit Press $3K Gilles Touchais: received $1K on this topic Gilles Touchais $1K 7 funders, 23 recipients, grants matching “subvention” only. Ribbon width is proportional to the total given; each funder has its own colour. 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. This is one keyword. PaperOrbit reads your actual paper and searches on everything in it — population, methods, outcomes — then explains why each funder fits.
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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 →
