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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.

9 funders with a record of paying for “supportoperating”

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Hamilton County Tourism Inc → Conner Prairie Museum Inc: $273K across 3 grants, latest 2024Anne Carlsen Center Foundation → Anne Carlsen Center: $76K across 1 grant, latest 2022Ralph C Sheldon Foundation Inc → Feedmore Wny: $45K across 3 grants, latest 2025Raymond & Charlotte Baldauf Charitable Foundation → Marion Palace Theater: $38K across 4 grants, latest 2025Ouellette Foundation → Assumption Catholic Church: $38K across 2 grants, latest 2023Frels Family Foundation → St John the Baptist Catholic School: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2022William K Davis Test Tr → Palace Cultural Arts Assoc: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2025Alacin Foundation → The Covenant School: $9K across 2 grants, latest 2023The Somerset County Bar Foundation → Steps Together: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2022Hamilton County Tourism Inc → Friends of Hamilton County Parks: $190K across 2 grants, latest 2024Hamilton County Tourism Inc: $463K on this topic. Open the funder.Hamilton County Tourism Inc$463KAnne Carlsen Center Foundation: $76K on this topic. Open the funder.Anne Carlsen Center Foundation$76KRalph C Sheldon Foundation Inc: $45K on this topic. Open the funder.Ralph C Sheldon Foundation Inc$45KRaymond & Charlotte Baldauf Charitable Foundation: $38K on this topic. Open the funder.Raymond & Charlotte Baldauf C…$38KOuellette Foundation: $38K on this topic. Open the funder.Ouellette Foundation$38KFrels Family Foundation: $15K on this topic. Open the funder.Frels Family Foundation$15KWilliam K Davis Test Tr: $10K on this topic. Open the funder.William K Davis Test Tr$10KAlacin Foundation: $9K on this topic. Open the funder.Alacin Foundation$9KThe Somerset County Bar Foundation: $3K on this topic. Open the funder.The Somerset County Bar Found…$3KConner Prairie Museum Inc: received $273K on this topicConner Prairie Museum Inc$273KFriends of Hamilton County Parks: received $190K on this topicFriends of Hamilton County Parks$190KAnne Carlsen Center: received $76K on this topicAnne Carlsen Center$76KFeedmore Wny: received $45K on this topicFeedmore Wny$45KMarion Palace Theater: received $38K on this topicMarion Palace Theater$38KAssumption Catholic Church: received $38K on this topicAssumption Catholic Church$38KSt John the Baptist Catholic School: received $15K on this topicSt John the Baptist Catholic Sc…$15KPalace Cultural Arts Assoc: received $10K on this topicPalace Cultural Arts Assoc$10KThe Covenant School: received $9K on this topicThe Covenant School$9KSteps Together: received $3K on this topicSteps Together$3K
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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 →