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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.
4 funders with a record of paying for “survelliance”
Where the money went
Largest: $160,000 to US FRIENDS OF THE DAVID SHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRUST — aerial survelliance program
Largest: $75,000 to SURVELLIANCE TECHNOLOGY OVERSIGHT PROJECT — general donation
Berrien Community FoundationSt Joseph, MICharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $21,600 · through 2022Largest: $21,600 to BERRIEN COUNTY YOUTH FAIR ASSOCIATION — ticket booth survellience, tech upgrades
Largest: $1,000 to THE TOR PROJECT — developed the tor network (onion routing) which helps to safeguard against mass survelliance and fight censorship.
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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 →